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Child Burn Injuries and Personal Injury Lawsuits (Part B)

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 200 deaths are caused by cigarette matches and lighters annually. Two-thirds of these deaths are children under the age of 5. A young child does not know the consequences of playing with fire and relies on adults to create a safe play environment.

To maintain a safe environment for children, matches and cigarette lighters should be kept out of reach and hidden. Likewise, neither matches nor lighters should be used as a source of entertainment. Even if the items are stowed away, children will still identify them as toys and consequently seek them out for play. Children as young as 2-years-old can spark a match or strike a lighter.

Other common sources of burn injuries for children include chemical burns (such as burns caused by household cleaning products or drain openers, etc.) and other household injuries, such as when a child comes in contact with a hot stove or boiling water.

Compensation for a Massachusetts Child Burn Injury

In order to combat the effects of such a painful and life-threatening injury as a burn, you may be able to seek compensation for the injuries that your child has suffered. Your Massachusetts child injury attorney can help you to file a child burn injury claim against any negligent parties that may have caused injury to your child and may be able to file for punitive damages if the negligence was particularly abhorrent.

Multiple surgeries and skin grafts can easily result in high medical bills. Other treatments associated with treating burns such as rehabilitation or psychiatric care are often necessary. If the burns are classified as third degree, then these treatments may prove invaluable. Psychiatric treatment especially is useful after sustaining the painful emotional trauma that also comes with burn injuries.

In the course of a Massachusetts child burn claim, your child may also be able to collect qualitative damages. This is compensation that is awarded for things that cannot be quantified, or counted, to give them meaning or value. These are factors like pain and suffering. Generally, the trauma associated with the effects of an unexpected crisis like a burn injury is compensated to victims via qualitative damages.

The Massachusetts child injury attorneys at Phillips & Garcia will fight for your rights in your child burn injury case. We are committed to protecting your best interests and helping you and your injured child collect the damages you need and deserve to move on with your life. If your child has been injured in a Massachusetts accident, contact Phillips & Garcia today to schedule your FREE legal consultation - (877) 892-5620.

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