Dallas Burn Injury Lawyers

Burn Accident Claims in Dallas

Burn injuries can lead to irreparable harm for both the victim and their family members. In addition to costly medical bills associated with treatment, burn wounds & scars may require reconstructive surgery. Often, recovery leads to missed time at work & chronic pain, creating financial difficulties in addition to the mental trauma of accidental injuries.

At Colin B. Bober & Associates in Dallas, our experienced legal team can help you rebuild your life after a burn injury caused by someone else’s negligence. With years of legal experience, we know how to build a case that will give you an excellent chance of receiving fair compensation for your injuries.

Schedule a consultation with our team today to get started.

Common Causes of Burn Injuries

Burn accidents can happen in many different contexts: any time you come in contact with fire, heat, electricity, or hazardous chemicals, you are at risk for being burned. Unfortunately, the consequences of this type of injury too often extend beyond the pain, suffering, and inconvenience associated with the wound itself. Burns can also cause death, due to a variety of overwhelming physiological responses.

There are four main types of burn injuries:

• Thermal: Scalding hot objects, flames, steam, and hot liquids cause this type of burn.
• Electrical: When an electric current paths through the body and converts to heat, cells are damaged and destroyed. Electrical burns can cause injury to internal organs and neurological damage due to the electric current traveling throughout the body.
• Chemical: If an abrasive, acidic, or alkaline substance comes into contact with the skin, tissues, or eyes, serious burn injuries can occur.
• Radiation: The skin can be burned as a result of the excessive use of tanning beds, X-rays, some cancer treatments.

While direct exposure to these materials is most common when it comes to burn injuries, sometimes burns can occur when a person has been exposed to these materials for a long period of time. Such cases include residents living near a radiation-exposed area or working where hazardous chemicals are used.

How Can These Burn Injuries Be Treated?

In the most severe cases, burns can result in severe damage to the skin and underlying tissue and can cause muscle and nerve damage. To effectively treat them, doctors need to determine the degree of the burn, which is based on the layers of skin that have been damaged.

There are four degrees of burn injuries, including:

• First degree burns: Only the outermost layer of skin is damaged. Symptoms of first-degree burns typically include red skin and minor inflammation.
• Second-degree burns: Second-degree burns damage both the outer and the first layers of skin. Symptoms often include redness, intense pain, puffing, and blisters.
• Third-degree burns: These burns damage the deep layers of skin and tissues and usually result in a white or charred appearance. Extreme pain is often associated, as well as numbness due to nerve damage.
• Fourth-degree burns: These are the most severe burns. Fourth-degree burns usually leave exposed bone, muscle tissue, or internal organs.

As you might expect, the recovery period for fourth-degree burns is often very long and painful, putting victims at a higher risk of death.

The severity of your burn will dictate how it can be treated by your medical professionals.

Severe burn treatment can include:

• Skin grafts
• IV fluids
• Antibiotics
• Pain medication
• Infection control measures

Long term, the lasting scars from both 3rd & 4th degree burns can cause loss of muscle function and skin.

Recovering Damages from Burn Injuries

When you manage to cool/soothe a burn right away, you are that much less likely to suffer from a deeper burn injury. Of course, while this can definitely be enough in the case of mild first-degree burns caused by heat, tending to a situational first-degree burn does not help as much when a severe third-degree burn results from an accident. For such cases, you must learn your eligibility for a burn injury lawsuit.

Burn injury claims can help you recover:

• Medical expenses
• Lost wages
• Property damage
• Lost future income
• Loss of consortium

If the burn is severe:

• It can cause hair loss
• It can cause a loss of coordination
• It can cause life-threatening complications

In the days, weeks, months, and years to come, burn victims will endure a variety of both physical & emotional hardships. They will have to adjust to different forms of pain management, cope with changes in personal appearance, and rebuild their lives as they recover. Our legal team at Colin B. Bober & Associates never wants anyone to have to confront these issues alone. Well-versed in Texas personal injury law, we are uniquely qualified to provide seasoned legal assistance

If you or a loved one has been the unfortunate victim of serious burns, our Dallas burn accident attorneys can help you through the legal process, so you can focus on healing. Our personal injury firm has helped numerous burn victims in the past, and we have the legal knowledge and the technical resources to provide innovative and effective legal solutions in burn injury cases.

Schedule a consultation with one of our experienced attorneys today; call us at (214) 974-4180.