Fire Burn Injury Attorney

Fire Burn Injury

A severe burn injury is one of the worst injuries an individual can suffer. The medical expenses associated with a burn injury are often substantial. A burn injury is life- long.

Typically the burn survivor will require ongoing surgeries for both cosmetic and functional purposes. The future care costs required for a burn injury can be several million dollars. If the burn injury has been caused as a result of someone else’s negligence or fault it is important that they be held accountable and required to pay for all your necessary care. There is a major difference where a burn survivor has obtained compensation from the responsible party as opposed to having their future care paid either through their own insurance or a public health care system.

Fire Burn Injury Attorney

Matt Cunningham is Arizona’s top fire burn injury attorney who has extensive experience in fighting for justice for his fire burn injury clients. Oftentimes the insurance or public health care carrier will only pay for those procedures deemed medically necessary. In other words, procedures which may be cosmetic are excluded from coverage. In addition there may be a cap on your insurance policy which can be quickly exhausted. In cases where an individual has been severely burned we often employ a life care planner, case manager, and financial advisor to ensure that whatever money is needed for your future care is available. Contact the Cunningham Law Firm if you or a loved one has suffered fire burn injuries.

Fire Burn Injury Statistics

  • On average in the United States in 2000, someone died in a fire every 2 hours, and someone was injured every 23 minutes (Karter 2001).
  • Each year in the United States, 1.1 million burn injuries require medical attention (American Burn Association, 2002)
    • Approximately 50,000 of these require hospitalization; 20,000 have major burns involving at least 25 percent of their total body surface, and approximately 4,500 of these people die
  • Up to 10,000 people in the United States die every year of burn-related infections
  • Only 60 percent of Americans have an escape plan, and of those, only 25 percent have practiced it (NFPA, 1999)
  • Smoke alarms cut your chances of dying in a fire in half (NFPA, 1999)

Reference: CDC