On top of being uniquely painful injuries, severe burns — especially ones stemming from traumatic accidents that you did nothing to cause — can be both physically and psychologically debilitating. Unfortunately, there is only so much that financial compensation alone can do to remedy the kinds of losses that a permanent and disfiguring injury like this can cause. However, you still deserve restitution for the harm you have unfairly sustained, and you may need to be proactive and decisive about pursuing it.
That is where the legal experience and expertise of a Tolleson burn injury lawyer from Phillips Law Group can be invaluable for you and your entire family. We have been locally owned and operated for over 30 years and are not afraid to go to court on behalf of the people we represent, and once retained, our catastrophic injury attorneys can make getting you the recovery you deserve our top priority.
Part of what makes burn injury claims so unique is how much the financial value of this type of case can change depending on the severity of the burn in question. On the lower end of the scale, first-degree burns affecting only the outer skin layer may not be severe enough to need professional medical treatment and therefore not severe enough to serve as grounds for a civil lawsuit.
Conversely, second-degree burns which penetrate multiple skin layers very often require professional medical care and may result in long-term scarring and disfigurement, and third-degree burns which destroy multiple skin layers to damage underlying muscle and fat tissues can be life-threatening in many situations even with emergency surgical intervention. Fair financial recovery for these sorts of burns may require demanding compensation for things like lost future earning capacity, years of rehabilitative treatment, and various forms of physical and emotional suffering — all of which a Tolleson burn injury attorney can help incorporate into a comprehensive settlement demand or lawsuit.
Legal counsel can also help burn victims navigate efficiently around the various obstacles that state law may put in their way along the road to civil recovery. For example, a burn accident lawyer in Tolleson can take the lead in contesting allegations made by a defendant that a burn victim is partially at fault for causing their own injury through their own negligence, which could otherwise lead to that injured person’s damage award being reduced in accordance with the “pure comparative negligence” system codified in Arizona Revised Statutes §12-2505.
Likewise, help from legal representation can be crucial not only to building a strong claim but also to building and then filing that claim quickly. This is important because of the statute of limitations set out in A.R.S. §12-542, which allows virtually all personal injury victims — even those dealing with permanent and debilitating injuries — just two years maximum to file suit after initially sustaining harm.
Being severely burned by no fault of your own can be both infuriating and potentially life-changing, as you may unfortunately be learning now. However, you have help available in a situation like this from dedicated attorneys who know through years of hands-on experience how to handle claims like yours effectively.
A conversation with a Tolleson burn injury lawyer from Phillips Law Group will give you answers to pressing questions and guidance about how best to enforce your right to civil recovery. Get in touch with a member of our team today to learn more about your legal options. We are ready to stand in your corner and help you get the justice you deserve Call our firm today to learn more!
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