Have you or a loved one recently suffered a burn injury? The Thomas Creech is a personal injury and burn injury lawyer located in Greenville, SC that represents individuals, families and children who have been seriously injured due to accidental burns. We have represented Upstate families in personal injury cases involving burns-including burns caused by scalding water and burns caused by defective products.
If you or a loved one suffers a burn injury, please don’t hesitate to contact me by phone at 864-235-4999 or through our contact form, which you can find by clicking the button below.
If we determine that you have a burn injury case, we will then advocate for you and seek all the compensation allowed under the law.
Types of Burn Related Injuries
Nearly 500,000 people are treated each year for burn-related injuries. Although most of these injuries are non-life-threatening, they can still be very painful, require extensive rehabilitation and medical care.
Here are some additional facts about burn injuries, types of burn injury cases, and how the Thomas Creech Law Offices may be able to assist you in your burn injury case.
- Dehydration
- Death, most often caused by infection
- Amputated limbs
- Skin grafts, due to the damaged skin’s inability to correctly grow
- Skin disfigurement and scarring requiring reconstructive surgery
- Certain physical capabilities may become lost, such as range of motion and a permanent sensation of tightness due to scarring as result of the skin’s loss of elasticity
- Lost sense of touch
- The loss of the ability to perspire
- Possible effects on every system of the body where there is deep damage to muscles and other organs
- Changes in the individual’s physical appearance and self-esteem
Common Causes of Burn Injuries
Burn injuries fall into four categories with the most common causes being, scalding hot, flammable liquids and fires. However, according to the ABA, the most common causes of burn injuries are:
- Contact with fire or flame – 43% of burn injuries in the US are caused by fire or flame
- Scalding injuries – 34% of burn patients suffer injury from steam, hot bath water, spilled coffee…etc
- Thermal burns – 9% of burn accidents happen through contact with hot objects like irons or ovens
- Electrical burns – 4% of burn injuries are caused by inadvertent contact with electricity
- Chemical burns make up 3% of nationwide burn injury cases
- The remaining 7% are a combination of other causes, including sun burn, fireworks, inhalation…
Burn Injuries in Children
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, burns are one of the leading causes of household injuries among children.
- Nearly 75% of all scalding burns in children are preventable.
- Toddlers and children are more often burned by a scalding or flames.
- Most children ages 4 and under who are hospitalized for burn-related injuries suffer from scald burn (65%) or contact burns (20%).
- Hot tap water burns result in more deaths and hospitalizations than burns from any other hot liquids.
Due to changes in public smoking and increased fire safety outreach, there has been a decrease in burn-related injuries over the past 30 years. However, there’s still a risk of your child getting into a situation where they are hurt.
Many people receive burn injuries because of the negligence or carelessness of someone else. Defective products could also be to blame for serious burn injuries. If you believe that someone else or a defective product caused you to suffer a burn injury, you may be eligible for compensation for your present and future medical expenses, pain and suffering, scarring, emotional trauma, and other harms and losses.
If you’re suffering from a burn injury, you should contact an experienced lawyer as soon as possible to protect your rights going forward. Thomas Creech is an experienced personal injury lawyer who can investigate the facts of your potential burn injury case in order to establish liability for those who may be at fault.
Do I need a lawyer after I was burned?
This is a common question after a burn injury. Typically, you need to retain a lawyer soon after the burn injury. Before important evidence is lost or destroyed, an immediate investigation into the facts of your case is essential.
As your burn injury lawyer, Tom will advise you on how to document your case and assist us in fighting for you. We treat clients as valued team members throughout the duration of the case and beyond.
What are my rights after my child has been accidentally burned?
Regrettably, a child may not appreciate or understand the potential risks of suffering a burn injury. Circumstances involving a burn to a child require thorough examination in order to determine the true cause of the injury. Also, bringing a claim for a burn injury to a child may alert others about the possibility of injury so that other children will not suffer the same harmful consequence.
An experienced burn injury lawyer Greenville SC
Thomas Creech is an experienced, aggressive and compassionate burn injury lawyer. Consequently, we want to help you and your family if you have suffered an injury due to a burn. We offer bold and wise representation to families who have loved ones seriously harmed from a burn injury. If you’re feeling better, give us a call. We can review your case with you and set up a FREE personal consultation. If you’re uncomfortable discussing the details of your burn injury over the phone, you can request your consultation using the form below.
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