When you suffer burns after an accident that was not your fault, you have the right to seek compensation with the help of a burn injury lawyer in Mobile, AL. Hiring an experienced legal team to represent you in your injury claim gives you peace of mind about handling your civil case. You then can focus completely on your health and recovery.
At Jackson & Foster Law, our personal injury lawyers in Mobile, AL, understand the hardships of overcoming burn injuries. We work hard to win a financial award for you that compensates you for how the burns affect your life.
Steps Our Mobile, AL, Burn Injury Lawyers Take for You
The legal team at Jackson & Foster Law will perform several services after you hire us to represent you. All our work focuses on protecting your right to seek damages and on trying to win an award amount that fully reflects the severity of your burns.
We Investigate the Accident
Our burn injury lawyers in Mobile, AL, must start by proving negligence to strengthen your burn injury case. We have to show that another person or party behaved in a negligent or reckless manner, causing the accident and your injuries, and that you were not at fault in the situation.
The insurance company may call you soon after the accident and try to claim you are not eligible to win a financial award because you caused the accident. However, you do not have to accept the insurance company’s investigation results, especially if you believe them to be wrong.
Instead, our team at Jackson & Foster Law can conduct our own investigation and look for facts that disprove the insurer’s allegations. Our experience with these kinds of investigations is vital to our success in helping injury victims fight unfair insurers.
We Find the At-Fault Party
Through the facts we find in our investigation, we determine which party or parties are at fault for your burn injury accident. This is a vital step. We must hold someone accountable for the accident.
We also must show that this party behaved in a negligent or reckless manner to cause the accident and your injuries. If you suffered burn injuries in a house fire at someone else’s property where a faulty smoke alarm didn’t provide a warning, this alone may not show negligence. However, if we can show that the homeowner knew about the faulty smoke detector and failed to fix it, this could be a key piece of evidence proving negligence.
We Speak With Your Doctors
Because of our nearly 50 years of collective experience helping injured people, we understand complex medical conditions related to burn injuries. We know that the medical treatment for these injuries can involve many steps and multiple medical specialists.
It’s important for us to talk with your doctors to determine the extent of your injuries and how they will affect you in the short and long term. Thanks to our experience, our burn injury lawyers in Mobile, AL, understand medical jargon, different types of medications, and complex treatment plans. This knowledge helps us create an accurate estimate of the value of your burn injury case.
We Seek a Financial Award in Multiple Areas
At Jackson & Foster Law, we seek awards for you in a few different areas, depending on your burn injuries and how they affect your life:
- We seek reimbursement of your current medical bills.
- We make an accurate estimate of your future medical costs.
- We seek reimbursement for any wages you could not earn while in recovery.
- We quantify any future wages you will not be able to earn because of lingering health concerns.
- We estimate any pain and suffering you’ve endured and will continue to endure.
- We estimate the value of hardships related to scarring, limited mobility, and disfigurement.
The level of financial award that you could win will depend on the facts in your case and the severity of your injuries.
Generally, people with the most severe injuries and the greatest level of hardships from those injuries will have a chance at winning a larger financial award. Someone who returns to work and a normal life after a few weeks of medical treatment typically seeks a lower amount in a financial award.
We Can Help You Decide Whether You Have a Case
A common question we hear from clients involves whether we believe they have a legitimate claim. That’s why we offer a free review of your case, allowing you to explain what happened and how it led to your injuries. Our burn injury lawyers in Mobile, AL, can then evaluate the strength of your case.
Many people assume they can file a burn injury lawsuit only if they suffer injuries in a fire. However, injuries from burns can have many other causes, including:
- Chemical exposure
- Electrocution
- Scalding
- Exposure to extremely cold substances like dry ice
Our free case review is open to any burn injury victims. You are under no obligation to hire us after the review.
Contact Our Burn Injury Lawyer in Mobile, AL, for Help
Burn injuries can change your life in multiple ways, whether they happen in a car crash, in an industrial accident, or somewhere else. You may have disfiguring injuries and scarring that will never fully heal. You may have limited motion because of damage to tendons, skin, and muscles. You may have incredibly high levels of lingering pain.
Financial stability is another valid worry if you cannot work as you did before the accident. Our burn injury lawyers in Mobile, AL, are ready to seek a monetary award that can help with such concerns. Call the Jackson & Foster Law team today at (251) 433-6699 for a free case evaluation.
