Washington, DC Burn Injury Lawyer

A Washington, DC burn injury lawyer can provide powerful advocacy while you focus on healing from devastating burn injuries that can leave lasting physical and emotional scars. Burns can occur in various settings — from workplace accidents and defective products to vehicle crashes and building fires — often resulting in extensive medical treatment, rehabilitation, and significant financial burden. These injuries frequently require multiple surgeries, lengthy hospital stays, and ongoing care that can overwhelm victims and their families.

Call the DC burn injury attorneys of Regan Zambri Long for a no-obligation, free consultation.

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When Do I Need a DC Burn Injury Lawyer?

The American Burn Association (ABA) reported 398,000 fire or burn related injuries in 2021 along with 252,000 contact burn injuries. Severe burns not only require expensive medical treatment, such as skin grafts, but they can also cause permanent disfigurement or loss of limb. Many burn victims also experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety.

For people with severe burn injuries, these secondary complications make it difficult or impossible to earn a living. However, if someone else’s negligence caused your burn injuries, then you may be entitled to compensation that can help cover the costs associated with the physical and emotional trauma.

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As a personal injury law firm in Washington, DC, Regan Zambri Long has handled hundreds of legal claims involving burn injuries. We can investigate the accident or product defect that caused your injuries and our lawyers will hold the responsible parties accountable. Our law firm is renowned for success in complex personal injury claims involving burns. For example, in one product liability claim, our lawyer recovered a $3.8 million settlement for a 5-year-old who suffered burn injuries caused by a defective home appliance.

To speak with a Washington, DC burn injury attorney from Regan Zambri Long, call us today for a no-obligation, free consultation.

Types of Cases Our Burn Injury Attorney Handles

Serious burn injuries may result from exposure to chemicals, electricity, radiation, or heat. Such exposure can damage soft tissue, including the skin, muscles, and nerves.

The main types of burns are:

Thermal burns: A thermal burn is an injury to the skin that is caused by an external heat source, such as a fire, steam, or a hot liquid like coffee. These burns can cause charring of the skin or tissue cell death.
Radiation burns: The most common type of radiation burn is exposure to ultraviolet light, more commonly known as sunburn. Cancer treatment and exposure to nuclear materials can also cause radiation burns.
Chemical burns: Chemical burns are caused by contact with a corrosive substance such as strong acids or solvents.
Electrical burns: When your skin comes into contact with an electrical current, the electricity causes a burn and damages your skin, tissues, and organs.
Friction burns: Heat that is generated by friction can cause damage to the skin, such as rope burn.

To secure compensation for your burn injury, call a Washington, DC burn injury lawyer from Regan Zambri Long.

What Are the Levels of Burn Severity?

Generally, there are three degrees of burn severity:

First-Degree Burns: These types of burns damage only the outer layer of skin. The site of the burn is usually red and painful, but there are no blisters. First-degree burns are mild and may heal quickly without any secondary complications.
Second-Degree Burns: Second-degree burns damage the outer and middle layers of skin, often causing blistering, swelling, redness, and infection. These types of burns are often treated in the emergency room, but in some cases, may require inpatient hospitalization.
Third-Degree Burns: Third-degree burns destroy both the outer and inner layers of the skin. Third-degree burns may also damage any bones, muscles, and tendons. These burns often cause serious secondary health complications for survivors and may necessitate amputation of severely burned fingers, toes, or limbs. Treatment may involve skin grafts and prolonged hospitalization. In many cases, permanent disfigurement results.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth-Degree Burns: Though incredibly rare, fourth, fifth and sixth-degree burns are life-threatening burns that extend past the skin and into deeper tissues or bone. Often, these burns are fatal due to the victim suffering from shock, or an infection.

The severity of a burn injury has a direct impact on the financial and psychological costs to victims and their families. Even a second-degree burn can cause disfigurement, amputation, and other complications. These may severely reduce the quality of life and require extensive medical care.

These are not burdens you should shoulder alone. Allow a DC burn injury lawyer from Regan Zambri Long to fight by your side to help you recover compensation for these losses.

Liability in a DC Burn Injury Case

Depending on the type of accident that caused your burn, you may be able to hold multiple parties responsible for your injury. Some of the most common accidents that result in a burn injury include:

Motor Vehicle Accident Burns

Although vehicle fires can be rare, the results can be severe. Burns caused by hot metal, steam, or fire from a car or truck crash can cause deep tissue damage, resulting in expensive medical treatments.

In an auto accident, your DC car accident attorney will make sure the at-fault driver, trucking company, or another third party is held responsible for your injuries.

Workplace Burn Accidents

Workers exposed to fire, molten materials, chemicals, and electricity can easily receive a severe burn that affects their lives. In cases where third parties cause work accidents, injured workers may be able to file a third-party lawsuit in addition to a workers’ compensation claim.

Defective Products

Defective appliances, consumer electronics, and vehicles may cause burn injuries. For example, defective lithium-ion batteries in smartphones and vaping products may explode and cause burn injuries to your hands, arms, and face. In these cases, filing a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer, retailer, and/or wholesaler may be possible.

Property Owner Negligence

Businesses and property owners who ignore fire safety regulations or allow unsafe conditions may put visitors at risk for burn injuries. For instance, if you’re a tenant, you may wonder if you can sue your landlord for a burn injury caused by their negligence. If the landlord neglects to install smoke alarms or fire extinguishers, then the resident may become trapped in the event of a fire, causing burn injuries. In that case, the tenants may then be able to file premises liability lawsuits.

At Regan Zambri Long, we help burn victims, and their families establish liability in their personal injury claims to secure the compensation needed for their serious injuries. Call today to meet with our dedicated team of DC burn injury lawyers.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Burn Injuries in Washington, DC

What Are the Effects of a Burn Injury?

Burn injuries are financially and emotionally costly because they can lead to multiple complications. Many individuals with severe burns will require skin grafts, physical therapy, and surgery.
Common complications may include:

Disfigurement. Disfigurement is one of the most common complications caused by severe burn injuries. In many DC burn injury cases, victims may struggle with self-esteem, making it difficult to maintain a professional or social life. They may require cosmetic surgeries to repair the damage caused by the injury.
Psychological trauma. It is not uncommon for accident survivors to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the pain and trauma of burns. PTSD may cause or intensify depression, anxiety, and insomnia. People with this disorder may have flashbacks and panic attacks. Thus, the burn injury treatment process often includes mental health services.
Loss of limb. Burn injury treatment may involve the amputation of one or more limbs. These individuals then may require prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, or home modifications.
Joint and mobility issues. Burn injuries can damage the elasticity of the skin and impair movement. As a result, burn injury survivors may have difficulty moving fingers or limbs, causing permanent disability.

How Much Compensation Can I Receive in a DC Burn Injury Lawsuit?

Since each case is different, it’s difficult to know how much you can receive from a burn injury without speaking with an experienced personal injury attorney first. Severe burn injuries are considered catastrophic because they can be life-threatening and result in long-term medical treatment and disability issues. This is why it’s important to speak with a DC burn injury lawyer to learn how much your claim is worth.

How Can Injury Lawyers Prove Liability in Washington, DC Burn Injury Cases?

If you suffered a burn injury, you will need to prove the following for a successful claim:

The person or company had an obligation to keep the injury victim safe from harm. For example, drivers on the road must follow the law when driving so the other drivers on the road remain safe.
The person or company failed in their duty of care. An example of this would be a manufacturer putting a defective hair dryer on the market, knowing that the product heats up too quickly and can cause a severe burn.
The breach of duty causes an injury. Using the example above, since the manufacturer put the faulty product on the market, it breached its duty to keep its customers safe from harm.
That burn injury results in damages, such as medical bills and property damage.

Establishing liability on your own can be challenging. By working with a burn injury lawyer in Washington, DC, you can rest assured knowing your case is being handled with the dedication it requires.

If I Was Partially At Fault for the Burn Injury, Can I Still Sue?

Unfortunately, no. Washington, DC, is a contributory negligence jurisdiction. If you had any responsibility for the accident that caused the injury, you cannot recover damages. If you believe you were partially at fault, it’s still in your best interest to give our burn injury lawyers a call to learn your legal options.

When Should I File a Burn Injury Lawsuit in Washington, DC?

As soon as you are able. The statute of limitations in DC is three years. Although this may seem like a long time, that time can easily go by quickly while you recover. Now is the time to call Regan Zambri Long PLLC today for a free consultation to ensure you do not miss any filing deadlines.

How Can Regan Zambri Long Help With My Burn Injury Claim?

If your burn injury was caused by negligence, you have the right to file a personal injury lawsuit against that individual or company. Our Washington, DC burn injury lawyers have been helping clients throughout the DC Metro area. We understand the financial difficulties you may be facing following an accident and we work with you to make sure you receive the maximum amount of compensation.

Don’t wait much longer to file a personal injury claim with our DC burn injury attorneys. If you are a burn victim and need help getting compensation for your injuries, an injury lawyer at Regan Zambri Long is here to help. Contact a lawyer at our office today to schedule a free consultation.

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