Severe burns are among the most painful and costly injuries a person can suffer. In Louisiana, burns frequently result from vehicle fires, industrial and chemical-plant incidents, electrical accidents, and defective products.
The True Cost of a Serious Burn
Major burns often require multiple surgeries, skin grafts, lengthy hospital stays, and long-term rehabilitation. They can cause permanent scarring, disfigurement, nerve damage, and profound emotional trauma. The lifetime cost of care can be enormous.
Louisiana's heavy concentration of refineries and chemical plants makes industrial burn injuries a particular regional concern.
Pursuing Responsible Parties
Depending on how the burn occurred, responsible parties may include negligent drivers, property owners, employers and third-party contractors, or the manufacturers of defective products. An attorney identifies every source of compensation.
How Injury Claim Team Helps
Injury Claim Team is not a law firm — we are a free service that connects injured Louisianans with experienced personal injury attorneys who handle burn injury cases. There is no cost to you to be matched, and the attorneys in our network charge no fee unless they win your case. Call 973-566-5599 or request a free review and a specialist will reach out within the hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nothing upfront. Our network attorneys work on a contingency-fee basis — no fee unless they recover compensation for you. Your case review is always free and confidential.
For injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2024, Louisiana's prescriptive period is generally two years; it was one year for earlier injuries. Claims involving government entities may have shorter deadlines, so it is important to act quickly.
Louisiana follows a pure comparative fault rule, so you can still recover compensation even if you were partly responsible — your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault.
Every case is different. Value depends on the severity of your injuries, your medical costs and future care, lost income, the clarity of fault, and available insurance. A free case review is the best way to understand your claim.