Burn Injury Legal News Articles & Interviews

Santa Rosa, CAToxic chemicals at the workplace, at home, or in the environment can cause severe damage to the human body.

Toronto, ON A study that was published recently by The Lancet has found that children who have sustained a burn injury that covers 60 percent or more of their total body surface area (TBSA) are at a much higher risk of experiencing severe complications or death, according to Medical News Today.

Boston, MA Dallas Wiens suffered a horrific burn injury in 2008 when he came into contact with a high-voltage power line while helping to paint the exterior of his church. The young father, literally, lost his face. Various images on the Internet and video posted on YouTube show a faceless Wiens without eyes, nose, lips or eyebrows—just a swath of skin where his face used to be and his signature goatee that survived.

Palm Beach, FL A burn injury is most often associated with a fire. However, there are numerous other types of injuries from other sources of heat that can negatively impact the skin in much the same way as open flame. Electrical burns, for example, either from a live wire carrying high voltage, to a lightning strike.

San Antonio, TX A truck driver who sustained a horrific burn injury when a tanker truck exploded on May 5 has launched a lawsuit against AGE Refining Inc., alleging that the defendant was negligent when it failed to eliminate all sources of ignition near combustible fuels.

Roanoke, VA In a story that highlights the ever-present risk of injury within utility facilities, a Western Virginia man working for the state Water Authority was injured this past week in a freak burn accident at the Water Pollution Plant in Southeast Roanoke.

Plymouth, MN "Last January, my husband suffered a burn injury at work and had to get skin grafts to his left hand and chest," says Laurie. "Jim still has to wear a glove on one hand to smooth the skin graft. People at work laugh and call him Michael Jackson. They are supposed to be adults-- you don't say this kind of thing to a burn victim."

Crofton, MD Nancy J. was told that her baby suffered a chemical burn due to IV infiltration while she was in the hospital, but the burn was superficial. Apparently, calcium had leaked out of her vein and burnt her skin. One month later, the plastic surgeon told her that the burn injury might have caused nerve and/or muscle damage.

Dade County, FL There are many different types of burns, and different causes of burn injuries—fire being the most obvious. But there are other sources for the intense heat capable of producing a burn, such as injuries from caustic chemicals.

Minneapolis, MN: The newborn, which was severely burned, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, remains in critical condition. The baby's head, shoulders, part of his face, and the tops of his hands were all burned.