Burn Injury Lawyer

Mr. Romano has recovered One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) on behalf of individual clients, including those who suffered catastrophic burn injuries because of trauma, electrocutions, explosions, product liability, premises liability, automobile accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, recreational injuries, construction accidents, and medical malpractice.  He has experience in all types of burn related cases including fire, thermal, chemical, scald, explosions, and electrical burn injuries.

Burn injuries are one of the most traumatic physical injuries that a person can experience.  Along with the devastating physical injury, burn injuries can result in disfigurement, scaring, past and future pain and suffering.  Depending on the nature of the injury, recovering from burns can require multiple surgeries and months of physical rehabilitation.  Lifetime expenses associated with burn injury can easily reach millions of dollars.

Private health insurance companies, self-insureds, and managed care insurers can reduce, limit, or refuse to pay benefits for burn injuries at any time (see newsletter). The trend is for health insurers to pay burn injury benefits for a limited period.  Unlike most burn injury attorneys, Mr. Romano will advocate and fight with his client’s health insurer to maximize their rehabilitation care.  A prompt extensive investigation to determine what caused an individual’s burn injury is needed to determine what funds will be available to pay for short-term and long-term benefits.

The Wall Street Journal wrote a profile on Mr. Romano entitled “The Patients-To Their Defense”…The author stated, “Most liability lawyers guide accident victims through the courts.  Joseph Romano is a liability lawyer with a modern-day twist: He also guides his clients through the mazes of managed care”.

PRIVATE FUNDING RESOURCE
Families of children and adults with burn injury are looking for funding options to pay for nursing care, therapies, ramps, transportation, equipment, household bills, and homecare supports and services. The Private Funding Resource (PFR) supports families who are uninsured, underinsured, or have no other means to pay for needed supports and services. The funding allows the family to have their loved one cared for at home and avoid residential placement. The PFR can be used to supplement Medicaid, Medicare, Early Intervention, private insurance, and worker’s compensation benefits. Call to discuss eligibility for this resource at
800-331-4134.

• $30 Million – Recovery for an individual who suffered catastrophic burns/amputations – degloving injury to upper torso from defective product.
• $15 Million – Recovery for a man who suffered burns after a boiler explosion.
• $15 Million – Recovery for a man who suffered burn injuries from an electric power line. Successfully pursued health insurance appeal and administrative hearing so that client could receive state-of-the-art prosthetic devices.
• $6 Million – Recovery for a child who suffered burn injuries and sepsis because of medical negligence.
• $5 Million – Recovery for a worker who suffered burn injuries even though he was wearing flame-retardant clothing.

According the ABA (American Burn Association), the most common causes of burn injuries are:

• Contact with fire or flame – 46% of burn injuries.
• Scalding injuries – 32% of burn patients.
• Thermal burns – 8% of burn accidents.
• Electrical burns – 4% of burn injuries caused by inadvertent contact with electricity.
• Chemical burns – 3% of burn cases.
• The remaining 7% are a combination of sunburn, fireworks, inhalation burns, etc.

Each year, of the more than one-half million (500,000) seriously burned, more than 3,500 are fatally injured because of explosions, fires, chemical spills, motor vehicle accidents, recreational injuries, fireworks, etc.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of all burn injuries occur because of occupational or work-related accidents.  Burn injuries have a 94% survival rate and they are the most painful and costly injury any individual can sustain.  Burns can result in nerve damage, chronic pain, scaring, disfigurement, and loss of feeling.  Severe burns frequently require amputation, multiple surgeries, and many require months or years of painful and treatments.

According to studies, severe burn injuries with complications can cost more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to treat successfully, and that makes choosing the right burn injury attorney so critical.

Mr. Romano has pursued burn injury lawsuits to obtain funding for burn treatments, rehabilitation, supplies, garments, reconstructive surgery, plastic surgery, laser resurfacing, prosthetics, therapies, healthcare benefits, and psychological/emotional counseling.

Are you wondering how to find a burn injury lawyer near you?

Joseph Romano is a nationally recognized burn injury lawyer.  He can answer all your questions, address your concerns, promptly investigate, file a lawsuit, appeal denials of health insurance benefits, and identify funding to pay for the patient’s medical care and rehabilitation.

A burn injury is legally unique because the evidence available for inspection after a burn injury is often destroyed or discarded.  As a result, burn injuries should be evaluated as soon as possible after the accident to preserve evidence, take photographs, witness statements, etc.

As with any legal claim, personal injury lawsuits must be initiated within a specific timeframe.  This period varies depending upon the facts of the case and the state where the injury or accident occurred.  If the case does not commence before the deadline, the court will refuse to hear it.  If a loved one’s burn injury occurred sometime in the past, you may still have a case, but the time may be running out.

Long-term rehabilitation management for a burn injury continues to be dictated by funding resources.  It is important to stress that families need to contact an attorney or advocate who knows every aspect of the long-term care continuum to receive the best treatment, therapies, advice, and guidance.  The outcome of a loved one’s recovery depends on identifying and securing all funding resources necessary to maximize recovery.

All burn injury lawsuits are handled on a contingency basis so there will not be a cost to you unless there is a financial recovery made on your case.

Mr. Romano, along with qualified co-counsel, represents burn injury clients throughout the United States.

Please contact Joseph L. Romano at 800-331-4134 for a free consultation.

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