Arkansas Injury Law
Arkansas Personal Injury
Liability for Burns
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Arkansas: Burn Injury Basics
In addition to the medical challenges of treating burn victims in Arkansas, injured people and their families face considerable legal challenges. Fire and burn litigation is a complex area of the law. In order to have a successful burn injury case, the injury victim's attorney must be able to prove the following:
- The accident that caused the burns was due either to the reckless or negligent actions of another, or a defective product.
- The victim was actually injured.
- The burn was caused by an accident and not a pre-existing condition.
- The party that injured the victim was insured or has the financial means to satisfy a judgment.
Determining liability in Arkansas burn injury cases also entails gathering and analyzing evidence and testing the products and materials involved in the burn injury. Testimony from fire safety experts, such as retired fire fighters, engineers, and other safety professionals, may be required to help substantiate your claim. A person who has suffered severe burn injuries as a result of another's negligence or because of a defective product has the right to compensation for damage to their health, their earning power, and the loss of well being. For example, property owners and manufacturers may be held liable for locked fire exits, broken or malfunctioning fire alarms, and defective sprinkles and fire extinguishers. Burn injury attorneys in Arkansas work to identify the liable parties in burn injury cases and hold them responsible for the pain and suffering they have caused.