Burn injuries fall under the broader umbrella of the traumatic injuries you can face after a life-changing accident. These injuries can require substantial medical care to recover from, even before you consider reconstructive surgery.
Moreover, these accidents can put significant stress on your finances. While you may receive essential care from emergency providers, some hospitals may put a lien on your finances, limiting your ability to preserve your savings or protect alternative means of income.
How can you reclaim control of your life when there are so many obstacles standing in your way? When in doubt, lean on the Indiana burn injury lawyers with Vaughan & Vaughan. Our Indiana-based personal injury lawyers have the experience to help you secure injury compensation in and out of the courtroom.
What to Do After a Burn Injury
If you want to get your life back on track after a burn injury accident, you need to work with your community to address the full breadth of your concerns. This means collaborating with medical specialists to determine what impact your injuries may have on your long-term health.
It may also mean reaching out to an insurance provider, the liable parties, or your own, to discuss funding options.
Unfortunately, there is no set strategy guaranteed to make your life easier after a burn injury accident. There are, however, moves you can make that can put your well-being in the hands of people who will not only look out for you but who will advocate for your right to restore or even exceed your previous quality of life.
Our team recommends that you:
Your Case Will Get
The Attention It Deserves
Call a Lawyer
Attorneys can do more than take your burn injury accident case forward to a civil judge should you choose to proceed with one. If you can call an attorney to the scene of an accident or your hospital after an accident, you can secure an advocate who can emphasize the paths that can lead to your most comprehensive recovery in all forums.
For example, when the time comes for you to reach out to an insurance provider and explain your accident, our attorneys can help you with your wording and can answer any questions an insurance claims adjuster may ask on your behalf. That effort ensures that an insurance claims adjuster can’t use any misused language to limit the compensation you receive for your losses.
Moreover, we can work with police officers and medical professionals to create an assessment of your accident. That effort can make it easier for you to identify the party responsible for your injuries and take action against them.
Your first consultation with an Indiana burn injury attorney comes free of charge and obligation. You do not have to commit to legal action of any kind when you meet with our team. Instead, you can take the opportunity to get to know us and learn more about what Indiana statutes allow you to recover.
There is no fee
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Outline Your Medical Treatment Plan and Timeline
First-degree burns and third-degree burns may vary in severity, but they – and all burns in between – will have a notable impact on your ability to meet your daily needs. Burns require extensive treatment if you want to minimize their impact on your long-term health and comfort.
Fortunately, Indiana is home to several burn specialists who can recommend treatment based on the nature of your accident, your daily needs, and your desired intensity of care. The sooner you can connect with these team members, the sooner you can outline the plan that gets you back on your feet.
Working with medical specialists and outlining a treatment timeline also gives you the opportunity to learn more about how you can demand support based on your losses. Medical professionals who make note of the severity of your injuries can submit those notes to an attorney should you decide to take legal action against the party responsible for your accident.
Statements from medical professionals can serve as expert witness testimony as you advocate for your right to support.
Determine What Treatments Insurance Covers
Both you and the party responsible for your accident likely have insurance that you can rely on throughout the burn injury recovery process. However, insurance providers are not your friends. Insurance claims adjusters do not want to fund your recovery. They want to protect their own pocketbooks.
This means that insurance claims adjusters may try to minimize your losses when you call and ask for support. That’s not fair and constitutes bad-faith treatment. You can work with an attorney to take action against a bad-faith insurance provider, but you can also explore alternative means of accident funding.
Should you find yourself struggling to communicate with an insurance provider or facing an unfounded claim denial, let our burn injury attorneys in Indiana know. We have decades of experience forcing insurance providers to acknowledge the severity of clients’ losses, even in the face of corporate greed.
Discuss Legal Action With Your Attorney
If you do not receive the care you need to financially recover from a burn injury accident after communicating with an insurance claims adjuster, it’s time to consider legal action. Your injuries may give you the right to sue the party liable for your losses if you can prove that negligence led to your accident.
How do you prove the negligence that caused your burn injuries? You can bring forward evidence meeting or exceeding Indiana’s burden of proof indicating that a liable party owed you a duty of care and violated that duty. So long as you submit your claim within Indiana’s personal injury statute of limitations, you can arrange private negotiations with a liable party or go to trial.
If you want more information about the Civil process, you can schedule a free case evaluation with our Law Firm today. These consultations do not obligate you to pursue legal action against an offending party and do not open you up to legal fees.
Vaughan & Vaughan’s Burn Injury Case Evaluations are Free of Charge
You deserve the opportunity to recover from burn injuries in peace. Don’t try to shoulder the cost of essential medical care alone. Let an Indiana burn injury lawyer oversee an investigation into your losses. Our efforts at the scene of an accident can pave the way for you to file a personal injury claim against the party responsible for your losses.
Vaughan & Vaughan is the people’s advocate. We’re prepared to help you fight for the accident compensation you need to pay your burn injury-related bills. Moreover, we offer these services on contingency so that you can recover without worrying about your financial future.
Contact us today to book a free case assessment with our experienced Indiana attorneys.
