McAllen Burn Injury Lawyer

Understanding Burn Injuries and Your Legal Options in Texas

Burn injuries range in severity, and even the smallest of burn injuries can lead to complications, which can bring on infections and cause permanent scarring. Severe burns will often cause nerve damage, long recovery times, and significant medical expenses. If you were burned due to a workplace accident, defective product, or property owner negligence, Texas law allows you to seek compensation for your losses.

Our McAllen burn injury lawyers understand the physical, emotional, and financial toll these types of injuries can have on you and your family. We are here to help you secure maximum compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages.

Give us a call today for a free consultation. You pay nothing unless we win. Meaning you don’t have to pay anything to get the answers you need. Just give us a call and we can review your case to see if you are entitled to compensation.

This page will teach you some of the basics about your burn injury claim. We’ll start with the most common mistakes people make in their burn injury cases in Texas. Then we’ll use a story to give you an overview of many elements of your burn injury claim.

1. Delaying Medical Treatment

Burn injuries often don’t show their full severity immediately due to shock or nerve damage. Delaying treatment can jeopardize your health and weakens your case and claim. You should always seek medical attention as soon as possible after a burn injury.

After a burn injury, the victim might not realize how serious a burn injury is due to stress hormones in the body. This can raise the pain threshold so they do not feel the extent of their burns right away. Add to that the potential for temporary or permanent nerve damage that can also negate the pain.

Getting an exam is not only crucial to protecting your health, but also important to protecting the value of your burn injury claim. Without the record of how you were injured and when, you will lack important evidence to support your claim. Don’t give the insurance company an opportunity to try and lower your claim’s value, or even get it dismissed by failing to go to a doctor after you are injured.

2. Failing to Follow Your Doctor’s Aftercare Instructions

When you leave your medical exam, the doctor will send you home with a treatment plan for the continued care of your burn injuries. It will have instructions to follow so you can continue recovering.  This may involve a course of antibiotics or other medications, including some physical or occupational therapy.

Following your aftercare plan ensures you stay on a track of recovery, and this will prevent the insurance company from trying to blame any of your injuries on your negligence. Always protect your health and the value of your claim by adhering to your doctor’s treatment plan.

3. Failing to Document Your Injuries

Photos of your burn injuries, medical records, and receipts for treatment are important pieces of evidence. Without proper documentation, it becomes very hard to prove the extent of your injuries and the impact it has had on your life.

4. Speaking with Insurance Companies

Insurance adjusters will often attempt to minimize payouts by blaming victims or downplaying the severity of a burn injury. Avoid giving recorded statements without consulting an attorney first. They will often intimidate or manipulate you into making a statement that will devalue your claim or throw it out all together. Let an attorney handle all communications with insurance companies. They know how to protect your claim.

5. Not Hiring an Experienced Lawyer

Burn injury cases can be complex. They involve detailed medical evidence, expert testimony, and knowledge of Texas liability laws. Hiring a skilled personal injury trial lawyer with experience in burn cases can make a huge difference between a weak settlement and the compensation you deserve.

Compensation Available for Burn Victims

Damages recovered rely upon the circumstances of your burn injury. Types of compensation include:

• Medical Expenses: This covers your hospital stays, surgeries, rehabilitation, and future treatment.
• Lost Wages: Compensation for lost time to work during recovery.
• Loss of Earning Capacity: When the burn injury affects your ability to work long-term.
• Pain and Suffering: Compensation for physical pain and emotional distress.
• Disfigurement and Scarring: Damages due to permanent changes in appearance.
• Wrongful Death: Death due to a burn injury.

How Much Is A Burn Injury Case Worth?

There are many factors involved in a claim. Many of the factors above will be taken into consideration, including the skill of your attorney. From medical bills to pain and sufffering, there is no way to put a number to your claim without a thorough review of your case. Even then, a negotiation has to begin with the insurance company in order to formulate a value, which will change over time based on negotiations. If the insurance company refuses to budge, this is where your attorney may take the case to trial.

How An Attorney Helps You Obtain Maximum Compensation For Burn Injuries

It’s a common mistake for people to believe that all lawyers have the same qualifications. Like doctors, lawyers have specializations, and choosing a lawyer who has little or no experience with your type of case is likely to devalue your claim.

Just as you wouldn’t go to a knee surgeon to have your tonsils removed, you do not want to hire a divorce attorney to handle your burn injury claim. It’s important to hire a lawyer who focuses on personal injury claims and has experience in burn cases.

Taking it a step further, it’s also important to hire a trial lawyer. Not every case will go to trial. Most are settled before they get that far. However, if the negotiations fail, you are in good hands if the case goes to trail. . The second way a trial lawyer benefits your claim is credibility. Insurance companies know who the great trial lawyers in the area are. Hiring one to handle your case may make the insurance company more willing to settle before your case reaches the courtroom.

Why Choose Us?

Our personal injury law firm has a proven track record of success in burn injury cases. We have recovered hundreds of millions for our clients across a variety of injury cases.  We are experienced and skilled trial lawyers with board certified status. We are not afraid to take your case to trial. The Insurance companies know our name and how we aggressively pursue compensation for our clients. Often resulting in a far better claim than without an attorney or with an inexperienced attorney.

We also take case on a contingency fee basis, meaning you pay nothing upfront. We only get paid if we win your case. This means you do not pay anything to get the claim started with our firm.

Take the First Step Toward Justice

If you’ve suffered a burn injury in McAllen or the surrounding areas, don’t wait to take action. Evidence disappears, memories fade, and the statute of limitations in Texas limits the time you have to file a burn injury claim.

Contact our burn injury lawyers today for a free consultation. Let us help you focus on healing while we fight for your rights.

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