Burns can be some of the most complex injuries to recover from, often leading to chronic pain, long-term medical care, and disfigurement. If you are suffering from burns due to the carelessness of another person or company, those parties should pay for the losses you have.
At Siegfried & Jensen, our burn injury lawyer in Salt Lake City will fight for you. We bring decades of combined experience and a fierce advocacy to every case we handle. Set up a consultation with our Salt Lake City personal injury lawyer now.
Types of Burn Injury Cases We Handle
Many types of accidents can cause burns, including chemical, thermal, electrical, friction, and radiation burns. To have a personal injury case, you must demonstrate that another person’s negligence caused the injury to occur. Some examples of the types of personal injury cases we handle involving serious burns include:
- Motor vehicle accidents: Cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles involved in an accident can cause burns. Collisions can cause a vehicle to start on fire, or chemical burns from fuel can cause serious injuries.
- Workplace injuries: This includes all types of burns caused by falls, equipment, or a lack of safety equipment, often significantly impacting well-being.
- Fires: Fires at a home or commercial building may be a form of premises liability, a claim in which you believe the owner allowed a hazardous situation to be present when they had the knowledge or should have had the knowledge to prevent it.
- Scalding injuries: These burns can occur in any environment where very hot water is present. That could include hot liquid spills, burns from steam, or those related to food products.
- Electrical shock injuries: Electrical shocks due to improperly managed property can also be a factor. This can happen at a local park, commercial establishment, or even someone’s home.
Burns can range in severity depending on the situation. In any case in which you have serious enough injuries to warrant medical care, it is worth speaking to a lawyer about what occurred. Our team will evaluate your case and determine who is responsible for the losses you have incurred. Do not settle with the insurance company until you take these steps.
For a free legal consultation with a burn injury lawyer serving Salt Lake City, call (801) 266-0999
How Our Burn Injury Attorney in Salt Lake City Will Help You
Burns can be debilitating, but proving someone else is responsible for the losses you have can prove challenging. With our dedicated team, you will know who is responsible and what your maximum claim value is. Consider the steps we take as your attorney to build a claim that results in the outcome you need:
- A full investigation. During this initial stage, our attorney will review all of the evidence from the accident. We will seek out additional witnesses, video footage, or other data to support what happened. In doing so, we will identify all parties responsible for your injuries.
- Document all of your losses. One of the reasons burn injury cases are more complex is that they tend to involve long-term implications. Your attorney will speak to medical providers, employers, and others to carefully evaluate the true value of your claim, including economic and non-economic losses.
- File a claim. We work diligently to submit an evidence-based claim that makes it clear what the insurance company owes you. We do not stop there. Our legal team answers the insurance company’s questions and makes it clear we expect compensation.
Most of our clients settle their claim out of court in their favor. If there is a need to go to court, expect our trial-experienced legal team to be ready to file a lawsuit and hold those who hurt you accountable. We will not take the easy way out and just settle when we know your case is worth more.
Act Within the Statute of Limitations
Under Utah law, victims of personal injury must file a lawsuit against the at-fault party within four years of the injury. This falls under Utah Code § 78B-2-307, and it means that if you wait too long, we cannot hold those who hurt you accountable as the law allows.
The sooner you speak to our team from Siegfried & Jensen, the more time we have to build a strong claim for you and still have time to go to court if the insurance company is unfair to you.
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What Your Burn Injury Case Is Worth in Salt Lake City
Burn injuries create complexities that affect every facet of your life. They create physical injuries and losses, permanent mental health impact, financial limitations, and emotional trauma. Some of the losses you can expect our legal team to seek in your case include:
- Medical costs: This includes emergency medical care, hospitalizations, surgeries, and treatments provided during the initial treatment and throughout recovery.
- Therapy and rehabilitation: most victims will need both physical and mental health therapy after these accidents, as well as rehabilitation to relearn lost skills.
- Pain and suffering: There is little doubt that burns cause serious pain from the moment they occur, and many victims will struggle with chronic pain from nerve damage for years to come.
- Loss of income: You may not be able to work for some time, you may need job retraining if you cannot do the same work due to your injuries, or you may not be able to work at all.
Building your case means evaluating all aspects of your quality of life and crafting a claim that accurately reflects everything you went through and what you will face. Expect us to be thorough. With our industry knowledge, you can expect our attorneys to be ready to fight for fair treatment on your behalf.
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Set Up a Free Consultation with Our Salt Lake City Burn Injury Attorney
Siegfried & Jensen brings years of experience to every case we handle. Talk to our team now about what happened to you and the value of your case. Our Salt Lake City burn injury lawyer can offer a free consultation.
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