Columbus Burn Injury Lawyer

A severe burn injury affects the burn site and can cause extensive physical and emotional complications. Our Columbus personal injury lawyers work with your medical team to account for all of the harm you’ve endured from the moment of the initial burn through to the foreseeable future. Our legal team can assist with an insurance claim or lawsuit.

If you suffered a burn injury due to someone’s negligence or intentional misconduct, you may pursue a compensation claim from the liable party’s insurance company or file a lawsuit and seek justice through the courts. Although no case is guaranteed compensation, the Ohio Revised Code Section 2315.18 allows for the pursuit of the following types of compensation for personal injury, including economic and non-economic losses. Our Columbus Burn Injury Attorneys at The Fitch Law Firm LLC can assess your losses and seek fair compensation.

Finding the Support You Deserve for Your Burn Injury

If you suffered a burn injury due to someone’s negligence or intentional misconduct, you may pursue a compensation claim from the liable party’s insurance company or file a lawsuit and seek justice through the courts. 

Although no case is guaranteed compensation, the Ohio Revised Code Section 2315.18 allows for the pursuit of the following types of compensation for a personal injury, including economic and non-economic losses:

Medical Expenses

Serious burns, such as third-degree burns and worse, often require many surgeries, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Your medical care may go on for years, and your body may never be the way it was before you were burned. Consequently, your medical costs will likely be significant. We can seek compensation for both current medical bills and ongoing medical treatment.

Lost Income

The benefits, wages, and other income lost during your recovery are compensable and a loss for which we always fight. Should your new abilities necessitate a change in your profession to a lower-paying level, or if your injuries prevent you from resuming work in the future, those income differences and losses should be covered in your claim. 

Out-of-pocket Expenses

There are usually expenses that occur due to your injury but that don’t fall into a particular category. Those may be compensable and could include childcare, home maintenance, transportation, or adapting your home or vehicle to your needs.

Non-economic may also warrant compensation. These losses may include:

• The physical and mental pain and suffering you experience during the event that caused your burn and for weeks or years after.
• Loss of relationships with friends and loved ones, including the loss of companionship and closeness you have with your spouse or partner.
• Disability or disfigurement 

Our burn injury attorneys at The Fitch Law Firm LLC can assess your losses and seek fair compensation.

Our Burn Injury Attorneys Fight for You

Our focus as personal injury attorneys is and has been for more than 30 years to provide compassionate legal care for Ohioans struggling in the wake of an unexpected injury.

When you come to us for help, we ease your stress by taking care of the complicated legal procedures so that you can focus on recovering your health. Each case will unfold in its own way, but generally, our approach includes:

• Investigate the accident, which means looking at each piece of the incident for proof of causation and liability. We collect police and medical reports, interview eyewitnesses, gather CCTV or other video or images that show what happened, and work with experts to reconstruct the incident, when necessary.
• Compile an accurate list of all of your losses, both economic and non-economic, and assist you in filing a compensation claim with the liable party’s insurance company.
• Negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf for a full and fair compensation settlement. When your injury is caused by the negligence of another, we demand justice and that your rights be upheld. 
• File a lawsuit and represent you at trial, if the insurance company denies your claim or does not negotiate in good faith. 

Filing Your Burn Injury Lawsuit on Time

If it’s necessary to file a personal injury lawsuit seeking a compensation verdict, Ohio’s statute of limitations allows you two years from the date of your injury to take civil action. There are exceptions to this rule that our personal injury attorneys will explain, should they apply to your case, but most cases are not allowed to proceed if they miss the two-year deadline to file.

How to Afford a Burn Injury Attorney

At The Fitch Law Firm LLC, we offer free initial case consultations. During the consultation, we get to know you and become familiar with your case, and you get answers to your questions. If you feel that working together would benefit your case, we have a no-win/no-fee policy. In other words, we work on a contingency basis, not collecting any attorney fees unless we successfully recover compensation for you.

Affording our help is easy and lifts the financial stress that comes with unanticipated expenses off your plate.

The Fitch Law Firm LLC Provides Client-Focused Legal Care

For decades we’ve fought for the rights of injured victims in Ohio, we’ve successfully recovered nearly millions in compensation for the people we’ve represented. Attorney John Fitch is the principal and founder of The Fitch Law Firm LLC. He has a lot of experience in personal injury law that serves our clients well. He is joined by attorney Kirstin Peterson, who shares his passion for advocating for those who’ve suffered due to the negligence of others. Together, they and our staff are determined to fight for you and every penny you deserve.

Call Us to Work With Our Columbus Burn Injury Attorneys Today

Our Columbus burn injury lawyers stand ready to fight for you. We know the personal injury laws of Ohio and will use them to pursue the compensation settlement or judgment you are due. We can’t change what happened to you, but we will use everything we can to help ensure your life moves forward in a positive direction.

Call us or go online and send us a message to set up your free case consultation. You’re not alone in this battle. We are here for you.