Burns are excruciatingly painful and can leave deep physical and emotional scars. Knowing the burn injuries you’ve suffered could have been prevented with someone else’s reasonable care adds an additional layer of devastation to the injury. Although no legal process can erase your injuries, our Tucson personal injury lawyers can help you pursue financial accountability from the responsible party. Call The Mercaldo Law Firm at (520) 624-1400 today for a free consultation.
Why You Should Choose The Mercaldo Law Firm for Your Tucson Burn Injury Case
The compassionate attorneys and staff at The Mercaldo Law Firm understand the deep distress that burns cause. We bring the following advantages to your legal claim:
- Over 40 years of experience representing catastrophic injury victims with a history of exceptional results for our clients
- Our firm’s reputation for success in recovering large settlements in over 25,000 successful cases lends your burn injury claim a well-respected legal voice
- A commitment to professional excellence by founding attorney, Ron Mercaldo, who has dedicated his career to fighting tirelessly for injury victims
We have a contingency-based payment system that allows us to work for you at no cost until after we’ve first recovered compensation for you through a settlement or court award for your damages.
Understanding Burn Injuries In Tucson
Doctors classify burn severity by the following degrees based on the depth of the damage as it penetrates the skin layers:
- First-degree burns refer to superficial burn injuries that damage only the surface layer of skin, leaving a dry, red appearance that doesn’t usually blister or leave scars
- Second-degree burns penetrate through the epidermis and impact the second and third layers of skin, causing redness, swelling, and painful blisters
- Third-degree burns are full-thickness burns that penetrate through all skin layers and damage or destroy the skin, fat, and muscles. These burns may also damage nerves and bones. Areas of third-degree burns may appear black or charred
Second and third-degree burns require medical treatment. Third-degree burns often require infection prevention, painful debridement procedures, and skin grafts. Many burn victims experience multiple burns of varying degrees on their bodies, depending on the cause and severity of their exposure to flames, scalds, or electricity.
Common Causes of Burn Injuries In Tucson
If you or a loved one suffered serious burn injuries due to someone else’s careless, reckless, or wrongful actions, you have the right to seek compensation for the associated financial losses, pain, and suffering due to the at-fault party’s violation of their duty of reasonable care. Common causes of negligence-related burns in Tucson include the following:
- Tucson car accidents
- Commercial truck accidents
- Workplace injuries
- Structure fires
- Scalds
- Electrical burns
- Chemical exposures
Typically, compensation in Tucson burn injury claims comes from the appropriate insurance policy, such as auto insurance after a car accident or property liability insurance after an apartment fire.
What Damages Can I Recover In a Tucson Burn Injury Claim?
Burns are expensive to treat, as well as painful and potentially disfiguring and disabling. Common damages recovered in successful claims include the following:
- Past and future medical expenses
- Out-of-pocket costs
- Past and future income loss or diminished future earning ability
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury compensation for scarring, disfigurement, loss of limb, or disability
The legal team at The Mercaldo Law Firm is dedicated to developing a personalized strategy for every injury victim, with the goal of recovering the maximum compensation available through a settlement or court award. Arizona’s comparative negligence system holds at-fault parties legally accountable.
Contact Our Tucson Burn Injury Lawyers
Burn injury claims are almost always filed against an insurance company, and the insurer is not on the injury victim’s side. Instead, their goal is to protect their profits at the injury victim’s expense. If you or a loved one suffered preventable burn injuries in Tucson,
call (520) 624-1400 or contact for a free consultation.