Can Seek Reimbursement Burn injuries, like amputations, represent one of the most catastrophic personal injuries a person can have. They can occur in a variety of ways, such as in a car wreck, from a defective automobile tank, a chemical explosion, a boiler explosion, or by coming into contact with high electrical voltage. Burn injuries can sometimes result in the amputation of limbs and cause death.
Recovery is usually a slow, painful and expensive process.
In order to recover from a burn injury, a person must usually bring an action in negligence, or if a defective product is involved, for negligence and for strict liability and breach of warranty, which arises out of the sale of the product. If a plaintiff is successful in recovering, he can potentially recover his hospital bills, lost wages, both past and future, disfigurement, pain and suffering and, in the case of a death, the relatives can recover for wrongful death. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.