
Everything About Neck and Back Injuries From Accidents
In case, if you suffered a back and neck injury after a car accident that was not your fault, you might have a valid claim for personal injury compensation.
What is a burn injury? It is a type of tissue injury caused by contact with heat, radiation, corrosive chemicals, electricity, or friction. You might be wondering, “Can I sue for a burn injury?” The answer is yes, you can file a personal injury lawsuit over a burn injury. To win, you will probably need to trace your burn injury case to someone else’s misconduct.
The medical profession classifies burn injuries by dividing them into four degrees, based on the depth of the burn injury (how far it penetrates into your body).
The first-degree burn is the least serious degree of burn injury. This type of burn injury affects only the outer layer of your skin. Symptoms include redness, pain, and swelling in the affected area. In most cases, only first aid is required. Almost everyone has suffered a first-degree burn at some point. They usually heal within about a week.
A second-degree burn injury affects the top two layers of skin. Symptoms include blistering, swelling, severe pain, and extreme reddening of the skin. A second-degree burn definitely requires medical attention to prevent a potentially life-threatening infection from taking hold and to ease severe pain. Second-degree burns take weeks to heal, and they may leave permanent scars.
As far as most people know, the third-degree burn is the most serious burn injury grade. A third-degree burn destroys the top two layers of skin. It often causes nerve damage, which generates numbness rather than pain. The skin appears dry and charred. You never fully recover from a third-degree burn, although you might make a significant recovery with skin graft operations.
The fourth-degree burn is the most severe burn injury. In fact, many people do not even know of the existence of this category of burn injury. A fourth-degree burn destroys all the layers of skin, and it is almost always life-threatening.
A fourth-degree burn might also destroy muscle tissue, tendons, bones, and internal organs. Medical attention is an absolute necessity unless the victim dies before medical attention reaches them.
There are several different frequent causes of burn injuries, as described below.
A chemical burn injury occurs when a corrosive chemical comes into contact with the skin. An acid burn injury is a typical example of a chemical burn. Solvents and detergents can also cause chemical burns, as can chemical explosions. Chemical burns are a common workplace injury.
Electrical burns are also among the most common workplace injuries. You are at risk for an electrical burn any time your body comes into contact with an electrical current of sufficient strength. A high-voltage burn injury can be life-threatening and can even cause instant death.
Strictly speaking, a scald burn injury is a type of thermal burn injury. You suffer a scaled burn when your skin comes into contact with hot liquid or steam.
The thermal burn injury is the most common type of burn injury. But what is a thermal burn injury? It is an injury caused by skin contact with hot steam, hot liquid, any hot surface, or fire. People associate fire and burn injuries for good reason–fire is one of the most common types of burn injury.
Radiation burns include burns caused by:
Some types of radiation can cause cancer as well as burn injuries.
A friction burn injury occurs when your skin scrapes against a hard object such as asphalt, rubbing off some of your skin. Motorcyclists speak of “road rash”, which is a friction burn caused by a motorcycle accident.
Complications of a burn injury are frequently more dangerous than the burn injury itself. That is why complications can turn an ordinary burn injury lawsuit into a wrongful death lawsuit. Common burn injury complications include:
Many other complications and side effects can occur as well.
Where do most burn injuries occur? Following is a list of some of the most common locations:
Ultimately, a burn injury can occur almost anywhere.
You might wonder about the average compensation for a burn injury, but this statistic is virtually meaningless. Since burn injuries vary widely in severity, burn injury claims cover a very wide range of compensation demands. Furthermore, burn injury settlement amounts often depend on external factors, such as insurance coverage limits and the skill of your attorney.
Burn injury settlements and verdicts do tend to be high, however, because of the various ways that a burn injury can impact the victim’s health, psychology, and earning potential. Some of the common components of a typical burn injury settlement include:
Never underestimate your future financial needs after a burn injury. Once you sign a settlement agreement, you won’t be able to come back for more money later. When you hire an experienced firm like Stracci Law, we can make sure that the compensation you receive addresses these concerns.
If you have suffered a burn injury caused by the misconduct of someone else, or by a defective product, you don’t have to suffer in silence. Likewise, you don’t have to console yourself with platitudes like “Life isn’t fair.” Maybe it isn’t, but we can help you make it fair, at least as far as financial compensation can remedy an injustice.
Compensation for burn injury claims can be greatly impacted by the skill and experience of your lawyer. At Stracci Law Group, our burn injuries attorneys have negotiated a multitude of personal injury burn settlements for our clients. As experienced Northwest Indiana personal injury lawyers, we offer the following advantages.
Call us at (219) 525-1000 or contact us online. We serve clients in Gary, Crown Point, Hammond, Merrillville, Valparaiso, and elsewhere in Northwest Indiana.