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Irvine Burn Injury Lawyer

Anyone who has gotten too close to a hot pan or simply stayed out in the sun too long knows how painful and sometimes even debilitating a mild burn can be. However, that pales in comparison to the physical and psychological trauma—not to mention the financial and personal losses—that a high-degree burn stemming from a serious accident can cause, especially when that burn could have been avoided were it not for the negligence of someone else.

If you suffered a serious burn through another person’s misconduct, you may have grounds for legal action that our Irvine burn injury lawyer could help you pursue. From establishing who is to blame for your injury in legal terms to ensuring you are able to file a comprehensive claim within applicable deadlines, our catastrophic injury attorney could provide irreplaceable assistance through every step of the civil litigation process.

How Negligence Can Lead to Burn Injuries

Holding someone else legally liable for a burn injury generally requires proving they were negligent in some way. In practice, this means proving all the following things are true:

The person being sued owed a duty of care to the person filing suit, meaning they had an implicit or explicit obligation to act responsibly
The person breached their duty of care through a specific reckless, careless, or unlawful act
The person’s breach of duty was the main and direct cause of an otherwise preventable accident, which itself was the main and direct cause of the burn injury
The person’s burn injury was serious enough to require some form of professional medical care and caused them to suffer compensable losses

Of course, what qualifies as a duty of care can change a lot depending on the circumstances, especially when it comes to assigning fault for burns caused by incidents like structure fires. Guidance from our Irvine burn accident attorney is key to determining exactly who played what role in causing a particular injury, and then to taking proactive legal action against every culpable party.

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Filing Suit Within the Statute of Limitations

Help from skilled legal counsel could also be important to building and filing a strong burn injury claim without missing the deadline set by the statute of limitations. According to California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1, people who get hurt through someone else’s negligence typically have no more than two years to file suit after initially getting hurt, or they will be time-barred from ever receiving civil compensation for that particular injury.

This is a deceptively short period of time in which to compile a comprehensive lawsuit or settlement proposal, particularly if the claim has to account for years’ worth of future losses that a high-degree burn will likely cause. Fortunately, our lawyer in Irvine has years of experience building burn injury claims efficiently and with an eye toward maximizing civil recovery.

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High-degree burns can cause permanent scarring and even a loss of sensory and motor function. Even comparatively minor burns can still be extremely painful and debilitating in the short term. In both scenarios, you may be able to demand civil restitution for the harm your injury has caused you, but only if you can prove someone else was directly at fault for causing it.

That is where our Irvine burn injury lawyer could step in to help. Call today to schedule a consultation and learn more about what we could do to assist with your unique case.

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