Cartersville Burn Injury Attorneys

Burn injuries are often severe enough to keep people from the things they love to do. Be it the Cartersville Farmer’s Market on the Public Square or a movie at the theater, if you have suffered a severe burn injury, you may be prevented from these and many other things.

Fortunately for many, compensation is available. However, getting the proper amount of compensation is a challenge made difficult by insurance companies. At Kaufman Injury Law, we make them pay what they owe.

How Kaufman Injury Law Can Help

At Kaufman Injury Law, we leverage our decades of combined experience to obtain the favorable results our clients deserve. We know how insurance companies work to pay less and counter their tactics with strong cases for compensation.

Thousands have come to Kaufman Injury Law in search of justice, and thousands have gotten the payments they deserve. Our familiarity with local and state compensation law and our reputation are key assets at work in every case we take. 

If you are suffering because of a burn injury, look no further than Kaufman Injury Law. We’ll aggressively pursue compensation that can help ease your pain and financial troubles. Call today or contact us online for a free consultation. 

Justice Through Compensation for Your Burn Injury

As a burn injury victim, justice for your losses and pain comes in the form of compensation. If your injury happened at work, you are likely entitled to seek workers’ compensation if you have serious injuries and have to miss work. 

If you were burned outside of work, and someone else is to blame, you may be entitled to file a personal injury lawsuit. 

You may also be able to file a personal injury lawsuit for work injuries if a third party is to blame. Additionally, if your employer does not have workers’ comp, you may also take legal action against the business for full damages. 

Keep in mind that workers’ comp benefits are limited. They do not provide benefits or compensation for non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering. Instead, workers get limited economic benefits, such as:

• Medical costs coverage
• Limited lost wage replacement
• Vocational benefits
• Death benefits in cases of fatalities

These benefits are limited because there is no requirement to prove fault in workers’ comp cases. In exchange for doing away with proving fault, workers get automatic benefits for their injuries, assuming they meet the other requirements, such as:

• Injured on the clock
• Injured without being reckless 
• Injury not a self-inflicted injury
• Injured while sober

When you are allowed to file a personal injury claim, however, you are entitled to seek:

• Medical costs coverage
• Full lost wage replacement
• Compensation for expenses related to your injuries
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of consortium
• Wrongful death benefits

However your incident occurred, we’ll use our experience and proven strategies to maximize your claim. Burns can significantly affect long-term well-being. Your future is important, and you deserve the full amount of compensation owed to you. 

How Burn Injuries Happen and Who’s to Blame

In any burn injury compensation case, two key questions are: how did the accident happen, and who is to blame?

Kaufman Injury Law investigates each case thoroughly to answer these and other questions. From our experience, burn injuries can happen almost anywhere. However, certain contexts seem to lend themselves to burn accidents. 

Traffic Accidents

Fiery car crashes are common and cause the most severe burn injuries. If you’ve been injured in traffic, we’ll find the responsible party and aggressively seek damages. 

We must first, however, identify their negligent or unlawful actions, which are typically traffic violations, such as speeding, failure to yield, and failure to signal. Driving drunk is also a common cause of fiery accidents. 

Work Accidents

Whether you’re working maintenance over at Dellinger Park or construction downtown, you can be burned on the job. As mentioned, you must typically go through workers’ comp coverage for compensation for your injuries. However, there may also be a third party to blame. Our investigations will uncover any and all liable parties in your case. 

Apartment and Hotel Fires

Apartment and hotel fires threaten multiple people and are frequently preventable with proper safety measures and care. Yet, these measures are not always followed or implemented. 

Common failures at hotels and apartments include:

• Faulty smoke detectors
• Lack of smoke detectors
• Missing or faulty exit signs
• Improper egress
• Cluttered or obstructed egress
• Lack of or poor lighting
• No working sprinkler system

In many cases, tenants and guests are responsible for fires. However, the lack of adequate safety measures is what ends up leading to significant devastation. Landlords, managers, and staff may all be liable for safety failures. 

Defective Product Burns

Countless products on the market can cause fires when defective. Product makers can be held strictly liable for injuries that occur from their faulty wares. Common issues in the marketplace include:

• Battery fires
• Gas tank fires
• Battery explosions
• Overheating chargers
• Malfunctioning power tools
• Leaking products
• Defective storage products

In many of these product liability cases, numerous parties can be held liable, including the designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer.

Restaurant and Bar Negligence

Suing an establishment for serving scalding hot food or beverages is reasonable, especially when you suffer second and third-degree burns. Patrons to dining and drinking establishments have reasonable expectations regarding the temperature of their food and drinks. 

Unreasonably hot coffee, soup, or other heated foods and drinks can and do cause serious burn injuries. At Kaufman Injury Law, we make these establishments pay for burning our clients. There is simply no excuse for breaches of trust of this nature.

Types of Burns

Burn injuries are usually associated with heat and fire. However, burn injuries may come about through other means, such as:

• Cold Contact: Extremely cold surfaces and items can cause burning and significant tissue destruction
• Corrosive Liquids: Acids and other corrosive liquids can burn quickly and cause permanent damage to skin, muscles, nerves, and bones
• Electrical Current: Electrical current not only damages skin but sends lethal electrical currents throughout the body as well 

Regarding the severity of burns, a scale of degrees is typically used. First-degree burns are the least serious and involve little to no skin damage. On the other end of the spectrum are third-, fourth-, and fifth-degree burns, which can involve significant destruction of skin, tissue, muscles, nerves, and bones. 

Important Deadlines

Whether you file a workers’ comp claim or a personal injury claim, there are important deadlines you must meet. Failure to do so can result in a complete loss of your right to compensation. 

For workers’ comp claims, there is a one-year time limit for reporting burn injuries. However, you only have 30 days to report the injury to your employer. If you are filing a personal injury lawsuit, you have two years from the date of the incident causing your burn. 

Keep in mind that in cases involving minors, the statute of limitations is tolled until the minor turns 18.

Kaufman Injury Law: Always Ready to Fight

At Kaufman Injury Law, our burn injury attorneys are always ready to take on the obstacles to your compensation and get you compensated properly. If you or someone you love need justice for a burn injury, contact our office today for a free consultation.