We understand the unique nature of burn injury cases.
Representing burn victims is an important part of our law practice—especially when we can assist children who have suffered burn injuries. A major partial thickness (second-degree) or full thickness (third-degree) burn injury is one of the most severe and traumatic injuries a person can suffer and often requires long-term hospitalization, skin grafting, rehabilitation, and extensive psychological counseling to help overcome the mental trauma associated with a burn injury. If you or a loved one have been the victim of a fire, explosion, or chemical burn, you need experienced, respected and trusted attorneys. We can help.
Working with fire investigators and other experts, we first determine exactly what caused the fire or explosion as the initial step in holding the wrongdoer responsible. Most cases involve:
- chemical spills;
- car accident fires;
- apartment fires;
- refinery fires;
- office building fires;
- electrocutions;
- fires in retail stores; and
- fires in hotels or motels.
Burn victims may be entitled to compensation.
The experienced Atlanta personal injury and wrongful death attorneys at Davis Adams can help determine the types of damages a burn injury victim may be entitled to receive, including compensation for:
- medical bills;
- medical monitoring;
- pain and suffering;
- lost wages;
- impairment of earning capacity;
- life care/lifestyle changes; and
- punitive damages.
Burn injuries can be caused by unsafe premises or products.
Businesses, hotels, and apartment complexes are liable for burn injuries and deaths caused by their failure to safely maintain the premises in accordance with Georgia law. Such failures commonly include locked fire exists, building code violations, non-functioning sprinkler systems, lack of smoke detectors, or an absence of clearly marked fire exits.
Similarly, product manufacturers can be held liable when a smoke detector or sprinkler system malfunctions, or when a defective product ignites a fire. For example, clothes dryers present a particularly dangerous fire hazard. The U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission reports that clothes dryers are responsible for more than 15,000 fires a year, causing 20 deaths and nearly 400 injuries.
Our firm's expertise in both premises liability and products liability allows us to fully explore all avenues of potential recovery in fire-related matters
Our team strategy maximizes client service and case results.
At Davis Adams, all cases are handled jointly by Jess Davis and Chad Adams. This collaborative, team approach distinguishes our firm from most others, where work is largely handled by a single, less experienced associate (or sometimes a non-attorney "case manager"), and where experienced trial lawyers only get involved in the later stages of the case, if at all. Our clients profit from our hands-on team approach because from the very start they get the collective time, attention, energy, and experience of the attorneys who will be handling their case at trial, which translates to better results.
To learn more about the advantages of working with Davis Adams, please see the questions you should always ask before hiring a lawyer, as well as the pledge we make to every client we represent.
We do not accept payment unless the client recovers money.
The Georgia personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Davis Adams represent individuals on a contingency basis, which means that if we do not recover money for our client, we will not accept payment for our services.
We always provide a free initial consultation.
When another person's carelessness causes serious and life-changing injuries, the victim should not have to face the consequences alone. Fairness and justice demand that the responsible party be held accountable, and that the injured party be appropriately compensated. If you or a loved one have been injured by someone else's misconduct, please contact the Atlanta personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Davis Adams for a free, no obligation consultation. You will speak directly to Jess Davis or Chad Adams. Please call us now and let us begin helping you.
