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How Will My Burn Injuries Be Treated?
Burn injuries are among the most painful challenges our clients must face. They often occur as the result of workplace accidents and vehicle collisions. Other burns may be caused by defective equipment or products that overheat (or catch on fire) and then burn people. If you’ve suffered serious burn injuries due to another person’s negligence, our firm will fight hard to help you win the full compensation you deserve to cover all your medical expenses and other losses. How common are burn injuries? American Burn Organization statistics reveal that during one recent year, there were 3,390 civilian deaths due to fires. Of those, approximately 2,800 were caused by residential structure fires. Here are additional facts regarding our country’s major problem with preventing fires. At least one civilian dies in a fire about every two-and-a-half hours. Roughly one-fourth (25%) of all fire deaths involve children under the age of fifteen. Burn
An Attorney for Traumatic Brain Injuries
Of course, you cannot put a price on a human being. While all injuries experienced on a job are unacceptable, some of them are devastating and leave an imprint on the victim and their families forever. Forever is certainly a long time to mourn, remember what was, or pay medical expenses. Now, what constitutes extreme injury? Certainly, broken bones deserve compensation, but what about an injury that can take your entire life away without even killing you? Brain injuries can take a whole person and leave them empty. They are the most difficult to treat and are often the most expensive to treat. Both mild and severe brain injuries have long-lasting effects. Frekhtman and Associates is a law firm that specializes in work-related injuries. Traumatic brain injuries are a specialty, as well. As reported by OSHA, 4, 679 workers were killed on the job in 2014. The number is approximately the
Brain Injury Case Values Can Vary Greatly
Brain Injury Case Values Can Vary Greatly Predicting the possible settlement value of a head or brain injury case is extremely complicated since most clients experience many unique sets of problems. However, once our law firm has had the chance to review a client’s medical records and billings, we’re in a much better position to try and assign a potential value to a case – assuming there is ample proof of liability of one or more defendants named in the lawsuit. As many clients know, immediate treatment after suffering a head injury is crucial. This holds true whether someone has been injured due to a construction site fall, a major vehicle (or pedestrian) accident – or even following a very basic slip and fall incident. While mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) may only affect you temporarily – more serious head injuries can lead to torn tissues, bruising and bleeding in
Whiplash Car Accident Case Values Can Vary Greatly
Whiplash Car Accident Case Values Can Vary Greatly Far too many people suffer painful whiplash injuries due to car accidents caused by others. Distracted driving has become so common, it’s a wonder that most of us safely reach our destinations. Fortunately, most of us are can obtain proper treatment. Yet as our healing continues, we often start asking about the settlement value of our cases. Once our law firm receives copies of a client’s medical and billing records from their treating doctors, we can then try to provide an educated guess regarding the possible value of each case. However, before that stage arrives, we must review all the facts we learned while investigating your case concerning the defendant’s liability. At this point, it’s important to provide a general definition of a whiplash injury, its most common symptoms, how it’s treated – and why it’s so important for us to have
Falling Debris Accidents Pose Serious Threats to NYC Pedestrian Safety
Falling Debris Accidents Pose Serious Threat to NYC Pedestrian Safety For decades, most New York City pedestrians have assumed that being hit by a vehicle while crossing the street was the biggest danger they faced. Unfortunately, the December 2019 death of New York City architect Erica L. Tishman put everyone on notice that falling building debris can suddenly take the life of any pedestrian. Ms. Tishman was walking near her office on the southeast corner of 49th Street and Seventh Avenue when a piece of loose terra cotta fell from a building – hitting her on the head and killing her. As the New York Times reported, the debris came from a 17-story Midtown office building that has retail shops on the first floor. One of the most tragic aspects of this 60-year-old woman’s death was that the loose material had been reported months earlier to the building’s owners. City
Settlement Values for Shoulder Injury Lawsuits Can Vary Widely
After sustaining any major bodily injury, it’s natural to wonder if you should file a lawsuit and what sum of money might be offered to you to settle the case. While we can readily help you determine if the facts of your case will support a lawsuit, we cannot always provide an accurate “best guess” regarding a recovery amount until your doctors have provided all of the initial treatments, a long-term prognosis for your overall condition and submitted all their bills. Should surgeries be recommended – or long-term physical therapy sessions, we must then wait to see how successful these prove to be and if any new medical complications develop. However, we can usually provide you with a general estimate for the value of your case once all the key bills are in and we’ve had a chance to see whether most of the evidence supports your claim that the