Miami Burn Injury Lawyer

Burn injuries can cause significant pain, infection, scarring, emotional distress, and psychological trauma. If you or a loved one suffered severe burns in a motor vehicle collision or in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you need an experienced attorney. Call a trusted Miami burn injury lawyer with Englander Peebles at (954) 500-4878 to schedule a free and confidential consultation.

Why Choose Englander Peebles Miami Burn Injury Lawyers?

We aren’t like other personal injury law firms. At Englander Peebles, we understand the claims process through the eyes of our clients. We’ve fought to protect the legal rights of many of our loved ones during their injury recovery processes and acknowledge your experience. We are committed to providing valuable legal insight and services so that you can prioritize rehabilitation and recovery. Our firm has secured millions for clients who sustained injuries in premises liability fires, slip and falls, and auto, truck, motorcycle, and rideshare accidents.

Free and Confidential Consultations

Englander Peebles provides free and confidential consultations to Miami burn injury victims seeking legal assistance—securing a fair settlement for their losses. During our meeting, we will hear your story, review evidence, answer your questions, and provide honest legal advice on how to proceed with your case. If you retain our services, we will immediately begin to develop a tailored legal strategy for recovering compensation for your Miami burn injury claim.

Contingent Fee Structure

We understand the financial challenges accidents and burn injuries cause clients and aim to avoid adding to them. Englander Peebles operates under a contingent fee payment structure, so there are no upfront or out-of-pocket expenses to hire an experienced Miami burn injury lawyer to represent your claim. Contingent fee payment structures stipulate that we only get paid if you do, significantly incentivizing our efforts to win your case. Trust us to secure the compensation you deserve.

Miami Burn Injury Investigation

Our team thoroughly investigates burn injuries by examining the cause, collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, establishing negligence, and determining liability. We understand the strength of your evidence forms the foundation of your claim, and we will promptly gather it before it is lost or destroyed. Evidence we collect in a Miami burn injury investigation includes:

• Injury Reports: We gather relevant reports documenting your accident and burn injury, including police, incident, and accident reports. These reports contain pertinent details necessary for proving negligence.
• Medical Records: Detailed medical documentation is vital for proving the extent of your burn injury and should include your diagnoses, surgical procedures, pain management, burn wound care treatments, and future prognosis. Our team reviews medical records with our network of healthcare professionals to identify and remedy potential issues before negotiating with insurers.
• Visual Evidence: Photos and video evidence of the accident scene and photos of your burn injuries are compelling visual evidence; our team will ensure prompt collection and preservation.

When accidents necessitate it, we collaborate with accident reconstruction specialists to reestablish the circumstances of your Miami burn injury. Accident reconstruction is vital in identifying who is accountable for your burn injury and resulting damages. Liability is influenced by the nature and cause of the accident in which you suffered an injury. Potentially liable parties may include motorists, property owners, property management companies, landlords, tenants, and manufacturers or distributors of defective parts.

Call Englander Peebles at (954) 500-4878 to speak to an experienced Miami burn injury lawyer about the details of your case. You deserve caring legal advice and personalized legal representation to recover compensation. Our office is conveniently located in Washington Square:

Miami Burn Injury Compensation

How much your Miami burn injury claim is worth depends on injury severity, costs of burn wound care and medical treatments, the impact of your burn injury on daily life, and any long-term care needs. Insurance policy limits may also impact compensation amounts. However, we are prepared to file a civil lawsuit against at-fault parties when your Miami burn injury and damages exceed policy limits to secure full compensation. Englander Peebles thoroughly evaluates the economic and non-economic damages when valuing your claim. Trust us to recover the compensation you deserve.

Economic Damages

Economic damages in burn injury cases refer to the monetary losses experienced due to the accident. Your medical expenses represent recoverable financial losses and constitute a significant portion of the compensation. These costs include wound care, skin grafts, surgery, therapy, pain management, and other medical treatments. Our team reviews all medical expenses along with these standard economic damages:

• Rehabilitation Expenses: Rehab care costs after a burn injury are calculated when valuing your claim. These can include physical therapy, occupational therapy, and scar management.
• Therapy Costs: The psychological impact of a fire or accident resulting in burn injuries frequently results in mental health care expenses. Our personal injury attorneys calculate counselor, psychologist, and psychiatrist costs—and therapy workbooks and medications.
• Long-Term Medical Care: England Peebles evaluates your long-term medical care needs alongside treating physicians and healthcare professionals in our resource network to determine projected costs.
• Lost Earnings: We calculate all lost earnings when burn injuries cause you to miss work. Income losses can include income or salary, tips or commissions, overtime, sick leave, and vacation pay. They may also entail lost health benefits and retirement.
• Diminished Earning Capacity: Injuries that limit your working capacity or prevent you from returning to work require determining your diminished earning capacity. Our firm collaborates with vocational rehabilitation experts to establish long-term care needs and associated expenses.
• Property Damages: Property damaged or destroyed in your burn injury accident will be factored into your economic damages. These frequently entail vehicle damages but also involve jewelry, clothing, and other valuables lost in the incident.
• Home Services: When severe injuries or disabilities require home assistance, we can recover the costs. Household services encompass help with basic needs like cooking and cleaning. They also include expenses related to assistance with daily tasks such as grocery shopping, managing finances, and picking up prescription medications.

This is not an exhaustive list of economic damages. We’ve helped clients recover travel expenses to and from medical appointments, transportation costs while vehicles are being repaired, and hotel expenses when medical procedures required travel. Keep detailed documentation of all financial losses relating to your burn injury, including invoices, statements, and receipts.

Non-Economic Damages

Non-economic damages in burn injury cases refer to the intangible losses sustained following the accident. Scarring and disfigurement are considerable non-economic damages in Miami burn injury claims. They compensate for the permanent alteration to a victim’s appearance. Depending on the severity and location of burn injuries, victims can experience difficulties with their mobility, emotional well-being, social relationships, and employment. Other non-economic damages our team assesses include:

• Pain and Suffering: Your physical pain, suffering, and emotional distress are standard intangible losses. These include feelings of anger, frustration, and fear. It also entails sleep discomfort and disturbances, such as nightmares.
• Loss of Enjoyment of Life: Burn injuries can have devastating impacts on an individual’s self-esteem and ability to enjoy life as they did before their injuries. We understand the need to seek compensation for a loss of enjoyment of life when injuries prevent you from participating in social activities, hobbies, sports, and other activities you once enjoyed.
• Decreased Quality of Life: When injuries cause physical and cognitive limitations, Englander Peebles will fight for your right to compensation for a decreased quality of life. It compensates for physical limitations, social impacts, and psychological impacts, such as anxiety, low-self esteem, body image issues, depression, difficulty coping, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• Loss of Consortium: The loss of a relationship’s intangible benefits is known as loss of consortium. It compensates for the loss of companionship, love, affection, guidance, household services, and physical intimacy.

The best way to document non-economic damages is with a pain journal. Write daily entries outlining your injury symptoms and their impact on daily life, such as your pain levels and any limitations your injury imposes. Our team uses detailed medical documentation reviewed by healthcare professionals and secures expert witness testimony to substantiate these damages.

Wrongful Death Damages

In Florida, the personal representative or executor of a deceased person’s will can bring wrongful death after losing a loved one who sustained burn injuries due to another person’s negligence. This civil cause of action allows surviving family members to recover compensation for their loved one’s final medical costs, income losses, property damages, and pain and suffering from the time of their burn injury till their death.

Englander Peebles may also seek compensation for personal pain and suffering and funeral and burial expenses. Depending on your relationship to the decedent, we can recover a loss of consortium, financial support, household services, parental guidance, and prospective inheritance.

Punitive Damages

Punitive damages may be awarded in burn injury cases when the defendant’s actions are deemed intentional or grossly negligent. This indicates that they acted with malicious intent or extreme recklessness. For instance, when a product manufacturer fails to test a product properly, resulting in severe burns for its users.

Punitive damages are not common in Miami burn injury cases. They are not calculated by attorneys or paid by insurance companies. Punitive damages are reserved for egregious acts and are meant to discourage similar conduct by others. Juries award them in only five percent of all verdicts.

Accidents That Cause Miami Burn Injuries

The American Burn Association reports that most burn injuries occur in the home and the workplace, with a civilian fire injury occurring every minute. Fires can happen anywhere—motor vehicles, businesses, medical facilities, garages, and warehouses. Common causes of burn injuries in Florida are as follows:

• Car accidents
• Commercial truck accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Rideshare accidents (Uber and Lyft)
• Micromobility accidents (electronic scooters and e-bikes)
• House and apartment building fires
• Recreational building fires and accidents (malls, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs)
• Scalding injuries
• Electrical accidents
• Exposure to dangerous chemicals
• Defective products
• Explosions

Some common negligent reasons for burn injuries include a lack of required fire extinguishers and blocked or insufficient fire exits. Our personal injury attorneys thoroughly investigate accidents to pinpoint and prove negligence before filing compensation claims or civil lawsuits for burn injuries in Miami.

Types of Burn Injuries

Burn injuries are a leading cause of unintentional injury and death in the U.S. They vary significantly in their causes, severity, and long-term consequences. There are four severity categories for burns: first-degree, second-degree, third-degree, and fourth-degree, with the latter being the most severe. We represent Miami burn injury victims who sustain burns, including:

• Thermal burns
• Friction burns (road rash)
• Electrical burns
• Chemical burns
• Inhalation burns
• Radiation burns

Depending on their severity, burn injuries may result in chronic pain, contractures, loss of function, sensory impairment, psychological trauma, functional limitations, and long-term medical complications. No one should absorb monetary losses after being severely injured in an accident that wasn’t their fault. You need an experienced Miami burn injury lawyer to assess your damages thoroughly and negotiate your claim.

Englander Peebles Confidently Takes on Insurance Companies

Burn injury victims frequently face challenges when dealing with insurance companies. They commonly attempt to minimize settlements by questioning the extent of your burn injury or disputing liability. Insurers may request excessive documentation, misrepresent policies, and pressure claimants into settling before recovering from injuries or reaching their maximum medical improvement.

At Englander Peebles, we handle all communications with liable insurance companies so injured parties can prioritize health and recovery. You never have to speak to them again. Our lawyers confidently negotiate fair settlements to ensure our clients receive the compensation they deserve.

Contact an Experienced Miami Burn Injury Lawyer

You deserve compassionate and knowledgeable legal representation to address your burn injury concerns and protect your rights. Call Englander Peebles at (954) 500-4878 to arrange a free and confidential consultation with an experienced Miami personal injury lawyer. We will answer all your questions and provide valuable legal advice and personalized legal strategies to recover the compensation you deserve for your burn injury claim or lawsuit in Miami.

Englander Peebles – Miami Office

111 NW 183rd Street, Suite 107
Miami, FL 33169
P: 954-539-8960