Fort Myers Burn Injury Lawyer

If you’ve had the misfortune of suffering a burn injury, you may be wondering what options you have for holding the party whose actions caused you harm accountable for their actions. A Fort Myers burn injury lawyer in our office can review your case and advise you of your legal options.

Get in touch with us at Titan Law for a free strategy session, during which you can meet with an attorney to discuss what happened to you and what rights you have.

How Automobile-Involved Accidents Lead to Fires Causing Burns

As you know all too well, if you or a loved one has been involved in a collision involving an automobile or has a loved one who has, burn injuries can stem from a wide variety of circumstances, including motor vehicle collisions. Here’s how those accidents lead to fires:

• Rear-end crashes occur: A vehicle’s fuel tank is usually located near its rear quarter panel. All it takes is forceful impact along that area to ignite a fire that can quickly engulf the vehicle.
• Front-end crashes happen: There are potentially flammable liquids and gases running through the front end of vehicles under their hoods. Plus, there are electrical wires. In some cases, all it takes is for those to intermix or a wire to be severed for a fire to ignite that can quickly set ablaze one or both vehicles.
• Collisions with trucks carrying flammable materials occur: A truck may be carrying lithium-ion battery-powered products or flammable substances such as gasoline. All it takes is for one of those tractor-trailers or tanker trucks to collide with a vehicle (such as having a T-bone accident) to cause a catastrophic fire.
• Any crash involving an electric car: These vehicles are notoriously heavy, and their batteries are prone to catch on fire under certain circumstances. Any vehicle it may collide with could easily catch on fire, spreading to other nearby automobiles.
• Wrecks in which airbags deploy: While many of the collisions above cause fires that lead to someone becoming burned, when airbags deploy, they can cause friction, chemical, and thermal types of burns.

While certainly not comprehensive, the examples above give you an idea of how some accident-related fires leading to burns can occur.

Any Fort Myers burn injury lawyer on our team would be more than happy to sit down for a free strategy session with you to learn more about the events that you believe gave way to you getting hurt before advising you whether you can take legal action in your case.

Who Can Be Held Liable for Burns That Stem From Fort Myers Auto Accidents?

You may already be aware that if another motorist causes you to suffer as catastrophic of injuries as a burn, your associated expenses are likely to be significant. They are bound to exceed the $10,000 in personal injury protection (PIP) coverage our state requires you to have. And, if the burns your loved one suffered caused their ultimate death, it’s likely that the expenses they incurred will be far more significant than that as well.

We bring this up because once you exhaust your PIP, if applicable, as is the case in a Southwest Florida collision case, you can then pursue another responsible party for damages. That being said, who can you hold accountable for paying for them?

• Another driver: This most often would be the person who struck you
• A motorist whose vehicle perhaps caught on fire: This may be appropriate in a situation where the fire spread to your vehicle as you were passing by or in a chain reaction (even though you may not have been in a collision with them)
• An auto manufacturer: This could be the case if a collision causes an airbag to deploy in an unexpected way that causes burns
• A trucking company: This could potentially be an option if they didn’t properly vet their trucker, carry proper permits for hauling hazardous materials, etc.
• A mechanic: If you can show that mechanical issues went undiagnosed or fixed and connect such issues to causing a Fort Myers auto accident, it’s possible you can hold the mechanic who didn’t make appropriate repairs, leading to a fire, accountable.

Again, the above are only a few examples of different parties you may be able to hold accountable for a fire or other incident resulting in serious injuries such as burns.

Discussing your case with a Fort Myers burn injury lawyer is the best first step for understanding what rights you have under Florida law. If you’re looking to set up free strategy sessions with our attorneys, reach out to us by email or phone now.

How a Fort Myers Burn Injury Lawyer Can Help You Recover Compensation

If you’ve suffered burn injuries, you likely already have significant losses and anticipate having many more in the future. Unfortunately, that’s just the nature of burn injuries.

This is especially the case with third and fourth-degree burns, where injuries tend to permeate down past the flesh and affect the nerves and bones. Additionally, the more severe the burn, the higher your chances of suffering disfigurement and scarring, as well as functional impairments.

Patients with the most significant burn injuries may necessitate future surgeries, such as skin grafts, ongoing wound care, and occupational or physical therapy, plus more, all of which can be costly. It can come as some relief to know that a settlement in a burn injury case can cover such losses as:

• Medical expenses
• Lost wages
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of consortium

The above are just a few of the many losses burn injury victims can recover after they’re hurt with the assistance of a Fort Myers burn injury lawyer. When you meet with our attorneys at Titan Law, we can certainly review the specifics of your case and let you know what other types of damages you may be able to recover in your case.

And, if you, unfortunately, lost a loved one due to their burn injuries, our lawyers can additionally advise you of your right to file a wrongful death claim to recover funeral costs and other related losses.