A Fredericksburg personal injury lawyer from our team can help you manage your burn injury claim after a Virginia injury accident or incident. If someone else’s negligence caused your injuries, expenses, and losses, we are here for you.
Founder of the Parrish Law Firm, PLLC, Jim Parrish, began his career representing insurance companies. Now, he protects individuals from those same companies. Call today for a FREE claim review. We can assess your options and explain how our lawyer can pursue justice for you.
Why You Want a Fredericksburg Burn Injury Lawyer from the Parrish Law Firm, PLLC
At the Parrish Law Firm, PLLC, we fight for the money and justice our clients deserve without asking them to pay anything upfront. We work based on contingency. Our lawyers use the firm’s financial resources to manage the case and build a strong claim for compensation, never asking for a retainer or hourly payments. We only get paid after we secure compensation. If we do not win, you will not pay.
To date, our firm has recovered more than $30 million in settlements for injured individuals and their families in Virginia. You can review our recent settlements and verdicts online.
While we cannot promise a similar outcome in your case, it should offer peace of mind that our attorneys have the knowledge, experience, and resources to handle your claim and seek the compensation you need based on your case facts.
We have obtained these results in part due to our founder’s knowledge and experience within the insurance industry.
You can learn more during a FREE claim review with our team.
What Types of Cases does a Fredericksburg Burn Injury Lawyer Handle?
When people consider burn injuries, they often think of a house fire or injuries from some other type of structure fire. However, burns occur in many ways and in many locations. Our burn injury lawyers represent clients hurt at home, on the job, at restaurants, in hotels, and during recreational activities.
While fires can certainly lead to burns, so can many other causes. According to the American Burn Association, some common causes of burn injuries that required admission to burn units include:
- 40 percent from fire or flames
- 32 percent from scalding liquids or steam
- 10 percent from contact with something extremely hot or cold
- 3 percent electrical
- 3 percent chemical, from contact with solvents, acids, or other caustic chemicals
- 9 percent other
Generally, most burn injury cases our Fredericksburg team sees fall into one of three categories:
Auto Accidents
Car collisions can cause burns injuries in numerous ways. This could include flames, steam, contact, or chemical burns. For example, you could suffer burn injuries in an accident on I-95 or Kings Hwy from:
- Airbag deployment
- Flames from a gas leak, tanker truck explosion, or other fire
- Road rash, a type of friction burn that is common after motorcycle accidents
Premises Liability Cases
Property owners owe visitors a duty of care to keep them safe. If a visitor suffers burn injuries due to a preventable hazard, they can hold the property owner legally responsible. This could occur when the burns occurred because of:
- An apartment fire
- A chemical spill
- An on-the-job injury caused by a third party
- An industrial accident
- A hotel fire
- A restaurant fire
- A nightclub fire
- An accidental electrocution
- Accident exposure to chemicals
- Contact with hot surfaces
- Spills of hot liquids
Defective Product Cases
Sometimes, a defective or dangerous product could cause a fire or contact burn. This could vary from a propane tank explosion at a backyard barbeque to a defective battery-powered toy that starts a house fire.
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How Long do I Have for a Fredericksburg Burn Injury Attorney to File My Lawsuit?
Virginia law sets deadlines for filing a lawsuit based on burn injuries. They include:
- Va. Code § 8.01-243: Two years for a personal injury lawsuit
- Va. Code § 8.01-244: Two years for a wrongful death action
However, we often settle these cases before this date arrives. We do not need to take most cases to trial to recover the money our clients need. Contact us as soon as possible about your case to protect your right to fair burn injury compensation.
Let Our Fredericksburg Burn Injury Lawyers Seek Fair Compensation for You
When our personal injury attorneys manage a burn injury case in Fredericksburg, we fight for fair compensation for our client. We identify and catalog their current and future damages and pursue a settlement agreement that pays them adequately.
We understand that treating and healing burn injuries takes significant time, and they can cause lasting disabilities for many victims. In addition, emotional and psychological effects are common.
We take all of this into consideration when we determine what a fair settlement range might look like in your case. Then, we pursue a fair settlement or take the case to trial.
Our personal injury lawyers could recover the following types of damages for you:
Economic Damages
Your economic damages are all the financial expenses and losses you incurred and the costs you will incur due to your accident and injuries. This includes medical care, income lost because of missed work, and many types of other related expenses.
We use medical bills, receipts, repair estimates, and expert testimony to help us understand how much your economic damages are worth before we begin settlement negotiations.
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages are much more difficult to value. This is because they are intangible by nature. These damages are the estimated value of your “pain and suffering” and inconvenience, scarring and disfigurement, and other emotional and mental losses.
Our attorneys know how to value them, thanks to our education and experience with similar cases.
Wrongful Death Damages
If your family member died from their burn injuries, a wrongful death lawyer from our Fredericksburg team can help you understand how these laws work in Virginia. We can build a case and file a claim to seek compensation for you and other surviving family members.
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Discuss Your Fredericksburg Burn Injuries With Our Legal Team for Free
Get a FREE claim review from the Parrish Law Firm, PLLC, team today. We will assess your case and legal options to help you understand how our Fredericksburg burn injury attorneys can help you pursue appropriate compensation for your expenses and losses.
Contact us online or via telephone to learn more.
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