Severe Burns: Among the Most Painful Injuries
Burn injuries are among the most physically and emotionally devastating injuries a person can suffer. Serious burns require prolonged hospitalization, multiple surgeries, painful skin grafting procedures, and years of rehabilitation. The scarring and disfigurement caused by severe burns can affect every aspect of a person's life.
When burns are caused by someone else's negligence, Attorney William Lawson fights vigorously for the compensation that burn victims and their families deserve.
Types of Burn Injuries
Burns are classified by degree:
- First-degree burns: Affect only the outer layer of skin (epidermis)
- Second-degree burns: Affect the epidermis and part of the dermis; cause blistering
- Third-degree burns: Destroy all layers of skin; require skin grafting
- Fourth-degree burns: Extend into muscle, tendons, and bone; life-threatening
Common Causes of Burn Injuries in Hawaii
- Fire accidents in homes, apartment buildings, residential areas, hotels, and commercial buildings
- Chemical burns from industrial or household chemicals
- Electrical burns (construction sites, defective wiring)
- Motor vehicle accident fires
- Explosion accidents
- Defective products (appliances, vehicles)
- Restaurant and food service scalding accidents
Compensation for Burn Injuries
Serious burn injury claims can include compensation for emergency and hospital treatment, multiple surgical procedures and skin grafting, reconstructive surgery, ongoing wound care and rehabilitation, psychological counseling, lost income, pain and suffering, disfigurement and scarring, and future medical care.
Burn injury cases require immediate attention. Evidence — including the cause of the fire, chemical source, or defective product — must be preserved as quickly as possible. Contact Injury Lawyer Hawaii now: 808-528-2525.