After a burn injury in Atlanta, you may likely wonder how much a personal injury claim could be worth. At Butler Prather LLP, our Atlanta burn injury lawyers can assess your injuries, listen to what happened, and give you an accurate idea of the possible value of your case. We base case worth on many different factors, including the severity of your burns, cost of medical care, and time missed from work. You could be eligible to recover the following types of damages:
Past and future medical costs. Burn injuries can cost victims and their families thousands of dollars in medical bills. Seek recovery for hospital stays, surgeries, skin grafts, medications, therapies, rehabilitation, medical devices, and live-in nurses for the duration of treatment and recovery.
Lost wages/lost capacity to earn. The majority of burn injury survivors have to miss work for days, weeks, or longer during treatment and recovery. You can seek restitution for all lost wages, as well as future lost earnings if you have a permanent disability.
Pain and suffering. Burns can be traumatic, painful, and permanently damaging injuries – inflicting a great deal of emotional suffering and physical pain on the victim. The Georgia courts permit plaintiffs to seek recovery for these intangible damages, in an amount the jury will decide after hearing the victim’s story.
Punitive damages. A judge may award additional punitive damages if compensatory damages aren’t adequate to make up for serious losses, or if a defendant’s actions were intentional, malicious, wanton, or grossly negligent. Georgia has a punitive damage cap of $250,000, except in product liability claims or intentional torts.
Wrongful death damages. As the surviving family member of someone who passed away from his/her burn injuries, you could be eligible to receive lost inheritance, loss of consortium, funeral and burial costs, mental anguish, and other damages for your family and the deceased person’s estate.