Los Angeles Burn Injury Lawyers

Every year, California emergency rooms treat nearly 60,000 burn cases. Most of these burn cases are minor burns covering a small amount of the body. However, in some cases, burns can be severe, leading to a need for expensive treatments and ongoing complications. If you’ve suffered burn injuries because of someone else’s negligence, you shouldn’t have to pay these costs. 

At Fisher & Talwar, we have helped many clients get compensation for their injuries, including burn injuries. We have won millions for our clients, and we are ready to put our experience to work for you. You may have many questions about how to start filing a lawsuit to recover compensation. We can answer those questions for you. The initial consultation is free, and there’s no obligation. Contact us today to learn how we can help you. 

Causes of Burn Injuries

Burns come in many types, but the majority of burns are flame burns, accounting for 41% of burns, followed by scalds, which account for 31% of burns. Electrical burns account for 3.6% of burns, followed by chemical burns 3.5%. Other sources of burns, such as radiation, account for the remainder, but are infrequent. In California, for example, there are hundreds of cases of sunburn treated at emergency rooms each year. Most of these are related to sun exposure, but some can come from tanning beds.

Some of the most common causes of burn injuries include:

• House fires: Cooking fires, electrical problems, and space heaters can cause fires that can be highly destructive and dangerous. These can be simple accidents, but they might also be caused by defective products or poorly installed wiring. In multifamily dwellings, you are at risk from fires that start in someone else’s unit. 
• Car accidents: Cars run on controlled fires or electricity. Accidents can release these dangerous forces, and vehicle fires account for 15% of all fires, including 13% of all fire deaths and 9% of all fire injuries. 
• Workplace accidents: Working with fire at factories, foundries, construction sites, restaurants, and other places can expose you to burn risk. Some workplaces increase your risk of chemical burns from working with highly caustic chemicals. These risks get more serious when proper procedures and safety equipment are not used. 
• Scalding liquids and steam: People can be exposed to these dangerous liquids at home, work, or even when visiting a restaurant. 
• Defective products: Poorly designed or manufactured products can malfunction and either get dangerously hot (causing contact burns), catch fire, or explode.

In many of these situations, the injury is not your fault. They might be caused by a homebuilder, another driver, a coworker, or a manufacturer of defective products. When that happens, you deserve compensation for the burn injury and its serious complications. 

Complications of Burn Injuries

Burn injuries can cause severe, immediate, and often disabling pain. However, the impacts of burn injuries can extend far beyond the immediate pain. 

Some of the complications of burn injuries can include:

• Infection: Burns damage the skin, which is our body’s protection against invasion.
• Breathing problems: Smoke inhalation at the time of the burn can make it hard to breathe.
• Irregular heartbeat: Electrical exposure that causes burns can also impact your heart’s internal electrical control.
• Disfigurement: Burns often heal poorly, leaving large patches of scarred tissue. These may require cosmetic surgery to correct, but even after surgery, some disfigurement may remain. 
• Contracture: Damaged skin, muscles, and tendons may shrink during healing, which can limit the function of your limbs, causing disability. 
• Skin cancer: Areas of burns may develop skin cancers that require additional treatment. 
• Depression and anxiety disorders: The emotional impact of your injuries can follow you for years, requiring extensive therapy and diminishing your quality of life. 

With these serious complications, you may be looking at lifelong impacts from your burn injury. If the accident that caused your burn injuries was someone else’s fault, they should compensate you for your losses. 

Who Can Be Held Liable in Burn Injury Lawsuits?

You can seek compensation from anyone who contributed to your burn injury. This may include multiple people and organizations, depending on the circumstances of your burns. You might be able to seek compensation from:

• Drivers: If you were burned in or after a car accident, the drivers who caused your accident should pay for their share of responsibility for the accident. 
• Product manufacturers: Defective products often cause serious fires or burns. In a car accident, some poorly designed vehicles are more likely to catch fire than others, for example. Space heaters that aren’t designed safely are a common source of fires. 
• Builders, contractors, and subcontractors: If your home caught fire because of defective design or construction, you can hold the builder, general contractor, and specific subcontractor responsible. Also, if you were burned at a construction site, you can seek compensation from the individuals who created the unsafe conditions. 
• Property owners: If your burns were caused by unsafe conditions on someone else’s property, they can be held liable for your costs. 

In other situations, you might be able to seek compensation from different people or organizations. In California, you can seek compensation from everyone who contributed to your burn injury. Let us know how you were burned, and we can help you find the individuals responsible. 

California’s Comparative Liability Law

In California, you are allowed to seek compensation from everyone who contributed to your burn injury, even if you are partly responsible for your injury. However, your compensation will be reduced by your comparative liability. 

For example, if you had a fire caused by a faulty heat pump in part because you ran it too long without noticing signs of potential trouble, the court might decide that you were 10% responsible for the fire, with the remaining 90% divided equally between the manufacturer and the installer. In this case, you could only get compensation for 90% of your injuries, with 45% coming from the manufacturer and 45% coming from the installer. 

Why Choose Fisher & Talwar for Your Burn Injury Lawsuit

When you are considering a burn injury lawsuit, many lawyers will want to represent you. However, you should take the time to consider your options and choose the one that will best represent your interests. At Fisher & Talwar, we are dedicated to our clients’ interests, and we offer many benefits that might make us the right choice for you. 

A Record of Success

Fisher & Talwar has successfully represented many clients in liability cases, including burn injuries. We have helped clients get millions in compensation for car accidents, product liability, and more. View our successful settlements and verdicts here. 

Personal Attention

When you work with Fisher & Talwar, your case will be personally handled by one of our partners, never handed off to a junior attorney. If we choose to take your case, we will give it the full benefit of our experience and expertise. We can do this because we are selective in the cases we take. We will only take your case if we truly believe that you will benefit more from working with us than you would from pursuing compensation yourself or working with another lawyer. If we don’t think we are the best choice for your case, we will tell you so. 

No Win, No Fee

In the aftermath of a serious burn injury, you are likely struggling with additional bills while experiencing reduced income. The last thing you need is another bill. That’s why you won’t see a bill from us unless we get you money to pay for your burn injuries. 

You Don’t Pay Our Expenses

In addition to their fee, many lawyers will expect you to pay their expenses. This extra bill can come as a surprise at the end of your case, and it may take a significant chunk out of the money you were counting on to pay your bills. Sometimes, lawyers will expect you to pay their expenses even if they don’t win compensation for you. At Fisher & Talwar, our expenses are included in our fees. We won’t bill you for our expenses, ever. The fee you agree to at the beginning is exactly what you will pay us at the end. When choosing a lawyer, always remember to ask how they charge for expenses as well as their fees. 

Contact Us for a Free Burn Injury Consultation

If you experienced a serious burn injury that was someone else’s fault, we can help you get compensation to pay for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other costs. To learn how we can help you, please contact us today for a free consultation. It’s free, confidential, and there’s no obligation.

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