The most painful of injuries can leave permanent scars, limit mobility, and prevent people from returning to work for years during the long, excruciatingly painful, emotionally exhaustive and expensive road to recovery.
Some of the most devastating cases personal injury and accident lawyers handle involve burn injury victims. Minor and serious burns alike carry heavy consequences for the injured and their loved ones. The most painful of injuries can leave permanent scars, limit mobility, and prevent people from returning to work for years during the long, excruciatingly painful, emotionally exhaustive and expensive road to recovery.
Personal injury firm Liljegren Law Group has set up a special division of their practice to solely focus on helping individuals recovering from various burn injuries. The lead attorney, Scott Liljegren, is quickly becoming one of the most helpful California burn lawyers, allowing his clients to focus on mentally and physically healing while he concentrates on bringing them financial relief. Below, he breaks down some of the most serious types of fires and their related burn injuries:
Auto Fires
Vehicle fires account for about 20 percent of all fires, according to The National Fire Protection Association. Rarely is a car fire caused by a single incident; it’s more likely a combination of causes: human, mechanical, and chemical causes that all work together to create an incredibly dangerous situation. However, the majority do begin in the engine. While there is a firewall between the engine and the passenger seats, it allows only a little extra time for those in the car to make a safe escape. Unfortunately, the same wall does not protect against fumes or heat which can both quickly consume the body of the car.
Among the most deadly car fires are those fed by fuel. Tragically, many of these fires are preventable through safe auto designs built to minimize the risk of fuel leakage through protection of both the fuel tank and the fuel system. Any design or placement defects of the overall fuel systems can cause a tank to rupture and leak after a car crash.
These post-collision fuel fed fires are responsible for some of the most horrific injuries leading to incredible physical and emotional suffering amongst victims. Many result in fatal injuries. Those that do survive must contend with months, years, or a lifetime of burn injury treatments including skin grafts, infection treatments and reconstructive surgeries.
Personal injury litigation can be complex, only made more complicated when battling for you or your loved one’s deserved compensation with powerful car companies- but with the experienced, dedicated, and aggressive California car fire injury lawyers of Liljegren Law Group, it is possible to win in court!
Building Fires
Memories, family heirlooms, and thousands of dollars in possessions can vanish in minutes from apartment or house fires. Even more painful ar ethe extremely painful, life changing, and sometimes fatal injuries of those inside. Opposite of car fires, building fires can be caused for a wide variety of reasons: improper gas line locations, striking gas lines, broken stoves, poorly maintained furnace or water heater, kitchen fires, faulty wiring, flammable household items, broken or faulty fire safety equipment, etc.
Because there are so many possibilities and because of the severe physical, emotional, and financial damage of building fires, it’s imperative a lawyer helps you with the case. In a recent case, Liljegren Law Group successfully argued a case against an apartment building, resulting in over $6 million in compensation for their clients.
Electrical Fires
Most people don’t realize how little of an electrical current is needed to cause serious injuries or death. America, unfortunately, averages around 1,000 deaths a year from electrical fires with a mortality rate of three to five percent with these fires. Electrocution is also the second leading cause of workplace accidents, second only to falling.
Typically, electrical injuries damage skin or internal organs when a person comes into direct contact with an electrical current. These burns differ from chemical or thermal burns because they cause more subdermal damage, often leading people to underestimate the severity of their burn. However, many electrical burns require skin grafts and can lead to lasting injuries including: blindness, nerve damage, heart damage, brain damage, and amputation. Common secondary injuries include broken bones and spinal cord injuries as a result of being thrown from the electrical source.
The attorneys at the Liljegren Law Group work with clients and family members to detail the impact of the electrocution burn incident. They’ve identified cases involving defective: power tools; appliances; lamps, curling irons or other small electronics; lack of ground fault detection, overhead power lines, and unattended down power lines.
“As California electrocution injury lawyers, our goal is to ensure that the medical, financial, psychological and emotional aspects of a electrocution or electrical burn are appropriately compensated,” lead attorney Scott Liljegren said. “We prepare for trial in the event that the responsible party denies liability or the insurance companies refuse to pay full damages.”
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