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Burn Injuries
After a severe burn injury, the burn survivor and the burn
survivor's family are faced with a number of serious issues requiring qualified,
professional advice. Some of the most important questions asked by the burn
survivor and their families are:
- How will past medical bills or the cost of future medical care be paid?
- How will the family bills be paid?
- Was the injury caused by the negligence of some other person or entity?
- Whether or not a Personal Injury claim seeking compensation should be
pursued.
Burn survivors may endure...
- Physical and emotional trauma
- An injury that leaves one in pain
- Disfigurement
- Organ damage
- Body chemistry damage
- Sensitivity to temperature change
If you or a family member have sustained a serious burn injury,
you should consult with an attorney who is experienced in this area of the law
to determine whether a Personal Injury claim should be pursued.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS TO COMPENSATION MAY INCLUDE:
I. PAYMENT
OF MEDICAL BILLS
You may be entitled to have your medical expenses, past
and future, paid:
- Hospitalization
- Surgical procedures
- Ongoing medical care
- Counseling
- Scar revision/Cosmetic surgery
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
II. COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF INCOME
You may be
entitled to have your lost wages, past and future, paid.
III.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (JOB RETRAINING)
You may be entitled to
compensation to be re-trained into a new job or occupation.
IV.
COMPENSATION FOR PAIN AND SUFFERING
You may be entitled to compensation
for the pain and suffering you have endured and may continue to endure as a
result of your injury.
V. LOSS OF CONSORTIUM
The spouse of a
burn survivor may be entitled to compensation when an injury is so severe that
it interferes with the injured party's spousal relations. The effected family
member may suffer a very real detriment. Many courts recognize the right of the
injured party's spouse to recover in an appropriate case for a loss of support,
services, love, companionship, society, affection, sexual relations and solace
in the form of a loss of consortium action.
Loss of consortium is a claim
separate from the injury victim's claim. It is unique to the injured party's
spouse and is compensable by a separate damages recovery.
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