An experienced burn injury lawyer provides legal advice when you have suffered a burn injury due to someone else’s negligence.
Splatt Lawyers provides 100% no win, no fee legal services for burns injury compensation claims. Ask our personal injury lawyers to explain your rights, entitlements, and the legal process. Pay when you win and zero if you lose. It’s free to start, so, Call 1800 860 777 or email us >
Burn injuries can be life-changing. You may be eligible for compensation whether you have been injured in a:
Regardless of how your accident occurred, when someone else’s negligence causes you harm, you could make a burn injury compensation claim. It’s free for Splatt Lawyers to advise you of your rights, including your eligibility for a burn injury case.
Our personal injury lawyers explain the legal process and your rights.
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How much compensation you receive for a burn injury relies on your unique circumstances. Every legal claim is different, but two key factors remain the same and determine the value of a damages payout.
Calculating burn injury payouts considers ‘heads of damages’ including:
During a free initial consultation, a Splatt burn injury attorney will explain your rights and entitlements, including a payout estimate. Call now: 1800 700 125
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Burn injuries range from severe to mild and life-threatening. Every year, about 50,000 people in Australia are admitted to a hospital with a burns wound. More than 2,000 of those people need specialist treatment in a burns unit.
Burns can range from minor skin damage to severe burns that may need specialised medical treatment. You might be entitled to compensation if you’ve suffered a burn injury due to someone else’s negligence.
You could be eligible for compensation if you meet specific criteria when you’ve been harmed in a road or motor vehicle accident, whether as a driver, passenger, pedestrian, or cyclist. Burns caused by car crashes can happen if a fire is inside the car or the by-product of an explosion. Car fires can be hazardous, and the burn injuries they cause can be extensive.
All Queensland workers have a legal right to a safe and healthy workplace, but occupational accidents still happen. Employers can breach even the best safety practices. Your work-related burn injuries can range from a minor scald to a severe burn, particularly if your job entails working with flammable liquids and other chemical compounds.
Burns at work can mean long recovery periods for which you may receive workers’ compensation. You could also be entitled to make a permanent impairment and common law claim, where you seek damages from your employers’ insurance company.
In many situations, you could suffer a burn in a public place, on private property, or council or government-owned property. In all these situations, the negligent party will hold public liability insurance covering them when things go wrong.
For example, you could have dinner in a restaurant, and someone is cooking food at your table. Unforeseen events occur, causing your skin to burn from the hot liquid or oil.
Your grief can seem impossible when someone close to you dies because of a burn or smoke inhalation. Your emotions are heightened knowing their demise was due to circumstances outside their control. You could claim wrongful death if you have lost a loved one in an avoidable accident caused by negligence.
Burn injuries are often more than physical. Being seriously harmed in a fire, chemical exposure, electric shock, or excessive heat or cold can leave you with more than a bodily injury; it can also cause psychiatric damage. If someone close to you witnesses your accident or the scene of the incident soon after and acquires a known psychological disorder, they can be eligible to claim nervous shock. Section 30 of the Civil Liability Act 2002 outlines the capacity to seek damages for pure mental harm.
Sometimes burns are so severe they can stop you from working again in your usual occupation. Regardless of how you acquired your injury, if you cannot work anymore because of your condition, you could make a Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) claim. TPD payouts can be considerable and are generally paid into your superannuation account as a lump sum.
Please speak with our insurance claim legal team to know how you could be assessed as TPD and claim your benefits.
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Burn injury victims should follow these steps:
The claim process for burn victims can seem overwhelming and complicated. But a personal injury attorney specialising in burn injury compensation can explain your options, including the claim process for severe burn injuries.
A burn injury lawyer investigates your situation and explains your legal options.
Your lawyer will explain our detailed legal cost agreement that outlines our 100% no-win, no-fee funding.
Your lawyer or solicitor explains how to build a compelling case to access all your legal entitlements. You will likely attend a medical and psychological assessment to prove the extent of your injuries.
You lodge a claim with the insurance company of the liable party.
Each party will negotiate until there is an agreed payout amount.
When you are harmed because someone has failed their duty of care, you might have a burn injury lawsuit against the insurer of the negligent party.
In that case, a burn injury attorney at Splatt Lawyers provides legal advice about your right to claim common law damages for your loss. Furthermore, QLD burn victims can access our 100% no win, no fee legal services, which means you pay nothing until you achieve a compensation settlement. Start for free by Calling: 1800 800 125
Splatt Lawyers provide legal advice for burn injury compensation claims from ten locations QLD-wide.
Common types of burns include:
As with any injury claim, the value of your case relies on your unique situation. A fourth-degree burn is worth more than a first-degree burn. Compensation is calculated based on the impact of your physical or mental harm on your life. Our burn injury lawyers will provide a claim estimate when you contact us for your free case review.
The nature of your injury and how you acquired your burns damage determine your eligibility to make a claim. If you were damaged by another person or party’s total or partial negligence, you might have a case. Even if you partially contributed to your accident, you could still have a successful case. Please contact our personal injury lawyers to understand your legal options. It’s free to know where you stand.
In Queensland, you have three years to lodge a common law claim for burn injury damages from the accident date. There are rare exceptions if you exceed this date. A Splatt burn injury lawyer will advise you of the deadline for your case for free.
The party liable for paying fair compensation is decided by where your accident happened. For example:
A Splatt burn injury attorney will help you identify the negligent party during a free initial consultation.
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