Houston Burn Injury Verdicts and Settlements: Million-Dollar Results
A burn injury verdict or settlement shows what happened in one case. It does not predict what another person will recover. The injuries, evidence of fault, medical needs, and available insurance can be very different.
For help evaluating your own claim, our Houston burn injury lawyer explains how we investigate fault, insurance, and the lasting effects of a serious burn.
What Affects a Burn Injury Settlement or Verdict?
When I evaluate a burn claim, I want to know how the injury will affect the person in the years ahead. Future treatment, lasting scars, limits on movement, and time away from work can matter as much as the first hospital bill.
A fair assessment also depends on proving who caused the injury and identifying insurance or other sources of payment. Neither an offer nor a past verdict reliably predicts the value of another case.
Some of Baumgartner Law Firm’s Notable Burn Injury Cases
The burn injury lawyers at Baumgartner Law Firm have won many million-dollar-plus cases for burn injury victims. The following are a few types of cases we have won:
- Car Fire Cases: Our burn injury lawyers have won many multi-million dollar cases against auto manufacturers and others after a car fire injury or death.
- Apartment Fire Cases: We have successfully settled numerous cases for substantial compensation exceeding $1 million, including those involving apartment fires, smoke detector issues, and other acts of negligence.
- Scalding Burn Cases: Our personal injury lawyers in Houston have won several multi-million dollar cases against landlords, daycare centers, and businesses after a severe burn.
- Common Burn Injury Claims: Liability claims related to burns can stem from various causes. Some of the more common are:
- Business negligence
- Products liability
- Medical malpractice
- Personal negligence
- Premises liability
- Daycare negligence
- Construction site accidents
Some burn injury cases involve extensive medical treatment that is extremely painful and disruptive to the victim. Skin grafts are unbelievably difficult to cope with and recover from, and they take a long time to heal. Medical expenses in severe burn injury situations are high, and the physical or human damages are astronomical in many situations. Taking the right steps after a serious burn is vital.
Burns Can Cause Permanent Disfigurement
Aside from the pain and suffering, burns often leave permanent scarring. Some of the burn injury cases we won included substantial disfigurement damages.
Pain and Suffering Damages Can Be Huge
Jurors can relate to the pain associated with a burn, as everyone has touched a hot surface or suffered a mild burn in one way or another. Some of the largest personal injury verdicts in the United States have involved burn victims, such as the Ford Pinto case and General Motors’ sidesaddle gas tank claims. Pain and suffering are always a part of a burn case.
Some recent Houston, TX, explosions onshore and offshore have also tended to produce record settlements for the victims or their families. Death by fire is certainly a case with a high jury verdict potential.
For more than three decades, our burn injury lawyers have recovered many huge settlements in burn injury cases, from scalding burns of children to fires and other burns.
On-the-job injuries that produce severe or catastrophic burns have also tended to produce very high jury verdicts when the culprit was not a company covered by workers’ compensation and employed the burn victim.
The value of a burn injury claim depends on the losses we can prove and the facts supporting responsibility. At Baumgartner Law Firm, we review the medical evidence, the injury’s impact on daily life, and available recovery options. Past results show our experience; they do not guarantee what another case will bring.
If you are a family member who has suffered a burn at the hands of another and would like a consultation on your rights and options, don’t hesitate to contact the personal injury attorneys at Baumgartner Law Firm at (281) 587-1111.
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Related Resources
For more information about the evidence, responsible parties, and legal options that may affect a burn injury claim, see these guides:
Representation for serious burn injuries in Houston — How Greg Baumgartner investigates responsibility, insurance, and compensation after a serious burn.
Steps to protect a burn injury claim — What to document and how evidence can support a claim.
Apartment fire burn injury claims in Texas — Legal issues involving landlords, property conditions, and other potentially responsible parties.
Claims involving defective products — How claims against manufacturers can differ from other injury cases.
About Our Law Firm in Houston
Houston personal injury lawyer Greg Baumgartner heads the Baumgartner Law Firm.
Our firm was established in 1985 and has helped thousands of injury victims get maximum compensation for their cases. If you have been injured in an accident in Houston, TX, contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation. (281) 587-1111.
We limit the cases we accept to serious personal injury cases and fatal accident cases. Our legal team has won maximum compensation for thousands of accident victims and recovered millions of dollars for real people like you.
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