A severe burn can be an extremely painful injury. The individual who suffered the injury may need extensive care and will likely face a long road to recovery. Some burns can result in death. When you’re looking to hold the person responsible for the harm you endured, our Minnesota burn injury lawyer can help. We’ll hold the party that caused your injuries accountable and fight for you to get the recovery you deserve.
Differences in Burn Injury Degrees
Madia Law can help clients with different degrees of burn injuries. Burns can cause more damage if they get deeper under the skin. Let’s look at the degrees and how they vary.
- First-Degree. These are often referred to as superficial burns because they only affect the outer layer of skin. When this burn happens, the area is often red and dry. It can be painful, like sunburn. These injuries will usually heal on their own.
- Second-Degree. When the burn reaches below the outer layer of skin and to the layer underneath, the area will likely be swollen and red.
- Third-Degree. At this degree, the first layers of skin are destroyed and the burn reaches the inner layer of skin. The burn area can either look white or black.
- Fourth-Degree. This is when the burn can reach deep tissue like muscle and bone. A fourth-degree burn will cause nerve damage.
When the burn injury is a higher degree, it will require more medical attention. Some injuries may need consistent bandage changing and medication. In some situations, the person may need to undergo surgery to treat the burn. When areas of skin are completely destroyed, skin grafts may also be necessary.
While quick treatment can help reduce the chance of permanent scarring or deformity, these can still occur. For example, a facial burn could result in disfigurement. These types of injuries can be physically and emotionally damaging, which is where our law firm can help. If you’re seeking compensation for your burn injuries, Madia will investigate what caused the accident and who was at fault. Let’s look into how these types of injuries occur.
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Common Causes of Burn Injuries
With Madia as your lawyer, we will determine the type of burn injury you endured. This includes the degree of the injury and how you were hurt. Burns can come from different sources and can be classified as the following types of burns:
- Heat
- Electrical
- Chemical
- Sunlight/Radiation
There are many sources that can cause these burns. Unfortunately, someone may come in contact with these on a regular basis. The various causes of burn injuries include:
- Fire
- Scalding Liquid
- Steam
- Hot Objects
- Chemicals
- Electrical Currents
When someone acts negligently, they can put others in danger of sustaining burn injuries. A few examples of negligence include:
- Leaving a lit candle unattended.
- Walking away from a stove that’s in use.
- Touching a hot pan.
- A defective product malfunctions and starts a fire.
Any time someone is reckless or doesn’t act safely when a possible fire hazard is involved, they could start a fire that could result in burn injuries and other major losses. A lit candle could start a house or apartment fire, or a stove that’s left on could burn what’s on it and a fire could progress from there.
With Madia as your burn injury lawyer, we’ll find out how you were burned, then we can begin looking into who was responsible for it. Then, we can start fighting for you to get the justice you deserve.
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Who Is Responsible for Your Injury?
When you can identify the responsible party, you can seek compensation for your injuries and damages. To do so, your burn injury lawyer at Madia is going to show that the other party failed to act responsibly and their negligence is what caused your losses and suffering.
In a burn injury case, we’ll first need to show that the other party owed you a duty of care. It was their responsibility to act safely. Then, we’ll also establish that they didn’t adhere to this duty of care. This could be a person using a grill under the eaves of a house or tall tree and starting a fire that way or if a worksite doesn’t have proper safety protocols and a chemical spill occurs.
We’ll show how their negligence caused the accident that resulted in you sustaining burn injuries. Because of this accident, you suffered injuries and damages.
You may not immediately know who was responsible for your injuries, that’s where your burn injury lawyer at Madia will step in. It could be a neighbor, it could be someone who started a campfire that spread, it could even be someone who caused a car accident that resulted in you sustaining burn injuries.
It’s possible that the responsible party wasn’t at the scene where the burn injury occurred. If you have a defective product that malfunctions, like a space heater, then you could have been burned because of negligence from the company that made the product. If this is the case, we will hold the negligent company accountable.
We how devastating burns can be and how they can affect your life. With Madia as your Minneapolis burn injury lawyer, we will stand up for you. We will do everything we can to fight for you to recover the compensation you need to recover.
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Madia Can Protect Your Rights
Dealing with the aftermath of a burn injury can be overwhelming. The costs of medical treatment, recovery time, and going through the legal process is difficult for someone to do on their own. That’s where our Madia Law attorneys can help.
You deserve to receive full and fair compensation for your injuries. With Madia as your burn injury lawyer, we’ll fight for you to recover:
- Medical Expenses
- Lost Wages/Diminished Earning Capacity
- Property Damage
- Mental Anguish
- Pain and Suffering
- Loss of Enjoyment of Life
The expenses of a burn injury can extend far into the future as you continue to heal and your ability to work can be affected. If your injuries are catastrophic, a full recovery may not be a possibility. You may be able to heal up to a certain point, but you may also have a disability or disfigurement. Living with a permanent injury can be painful and require more medical care, but you can trust that with Madia as your lawyers, we will take all these details into consideration when determining the compensation that you’re owed.
With Madia at your side, you can rest assured that we’ll launch a full investigation of your case. We’ll look at the full extent of your injuries, including the care that you’ll need to continue treating the burns and the emotional suffering that you’re experiencing, to help you get the recovery you deserve.
While you may think you have plenty of time to come forward with a claim, this time can pass quickly when you’re focusing on your recovery. If too much time passes, you may not be able to file a claim. Meeting with a lawyer as soon as possible is in your best interests so you can be sure that you haven’t missed the statute of limitations. Your burn injury lawyer at Madia will be able to determine the timeline you have. Acting quickly will also put you on the path to recovering the damages you’ve lost.
If you’re seeking compensation and the other side is trying to say that you had something to do with the injury, then this can affect the compensation you recover. This can make your case complicated, but we are used to dealing with complex cases. In these situations, our past experience in assessing the evidence and advocating for injury victims will allow us to stand up for you.
Madia has experienced attorneys who can help burn injury victims. If necessary, we can consult with specialists to find out what happened. Then, we will build you a strong case to give you the best chance of maximizing your compensation.
Madia will treat your case with the attention it deserves—we knows each case will have unique circumstances and details. You can have peace of mind when we are representing you because we are ready to take on the legal side of your case while you can work on healing.
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Reach Out Today
Burn injuries can happen unexpectedly and can cause painful consequences that can last a lifetime. If you or a loved one has been hurt, you can seek the help you need today. Madia protects the residents in Minnesota and we can protect your rights.
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