Edmonton Burn Injury Lawyers

The following are some common questions we answer for clients. To discuss your specific concerns, reach out to our office directly.

Potential Consequences of Edmonton Burn Injuries?

People who suffer a burn injury in an accident—or while at work—often need to seek extensive medical treatment to recover. In addition to initial treatment in a hospital emergency room, the accident victim may need to undergo surgery or other medical procedure—especially if the burn injury resulted in an unsightly scar or other disfigurement. They may also need to attend therapy if the burn injury prevents them from using their hands or feet.

If you sustained a burn injury due to someone else’s negligence, the caring and compassionate Edmonton burn injury lawyers at MNH Injury Lawyers are here for you. We can help you pursue the compensation you need for the pain, suffering, inconvenience, and humiliation you experienced due to your burn injury.

What Are the Most Common Accidents That Lead to Burn Injuries?

Burn injuries often occur when other individuals and entities are negligent. In the case of defective products, the product at issue might electrocute a consumer, explode, or fall apart, resulting in a burn injury. Product manufacturers and distributors must use reasonable care when designing and assembling their merchandise.

They must also test their products before making them available to the general public for sale and distribution. When a product malfunctions and a burn injury results, the injury victim can pursue legal action against the manufacturer, distributor, or other entity in the distribution chain.

Just like product manufacturers, motor vehicle drivers must operate their vehicles safely and responsibly.

Drivers violate that duty when they engage in:

• Road rule violations, such as failing to yield the right-of-way at the appropriate times, passing other vehicles in a no-passing zone, speeding, tailgating, and failing to use a turn signal at an intersection—or when making a lane change
• Distracted driving, when the at-fault driver fails to watch the road
• Intoxicated driving, when a driver operates their vehicle while under the illegal influence of drugs or alcohol

When a burn injury victim can demonstrate that their accident happened because of another driver’s negligence—and that the accident caused their burn injury—they can bring a claim or file a lawsuit against the at-fault driver for damages. In most instances, the accident victim will file their claim directly with the at-fault driver’s insurance company.

How Does the Injury Claim Process Work?

When it comes time to file a personal injury claim with the at-fault party’s insurer, we can prepare a settlement demand letter and a complete demand package on your behalf. The demand letter will make a monetary demand for settlement within the applicable coverage limits, while the demand package will include copies of your medical reports, lost wage statements, police reports, eyewitness statements, and a victim impact statement. The insurance company will use all of this information to evaluate the claim’s settlement value.

Once the insurance company accepts liability for the accident, the adjuster might make an offer to settle. Since these opening settlement offers are usually very low and far below a case’s actual value, we will likely need to negotiate with the insurance company adjuster and obtain a better settlement offer for you.

In some instances, depending upon the insurance company, adjusters are willing to work hard to settle the case. However, at other times, adjusters refuse to compensate burn injury victims for the fair value of their claim. If that occurs in your case, we can file a lawsuit on your behalf in the court system.

After filing a lawsuit in court, we can continue our settlement negotiations. Once the case is in litigation, the court will likely issue a scheduling order that establishes various deadlines in the case, including a settlement conference and jury trial date. During the discovery phase of litigation, we will answer written questions from the defense lawyer, called interrogatories, on your behalf.

We will also be by your side if the defense lawyer decides to take your discovery deposition. The discovery deposition is the defense lawyer’s opportunity to ask you about the accident, your burn injury, and the impacts of the injury on your life and overall well-being.

Finally, we can advocate for you at all court hearings—including at settlement conferences and a jury trial. We can help you decide whether to accept the insurance company’s top settlement offer, take your case to trial, or pursue alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation or binding arbitration. 

Whether we can resolve your burn injury case favorably through settlement, jury trial, or binding arbitration, you can rest assured that we will zealously advocate for your legal interests and work to obtain all of the compensation that you deserve.

Do not wait any longer to reach out to our legal team to learn about your rights as a burn injury victim.