Tag Archives: Miami Burn Injury Attorney
Understanding Your Legal Rights After A Serious Burn Injury
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that approximately 1.1 million people suffer serious burn injuries each year in the U.S. that require medical treatment. If that was not bad enough, approximately 50,000 burn victims required spending time in a hospital and 20,000 people suffered significant burn injuries that covered 25 percent of… Read More »
Apartment Fire Claims Life In Deerfield Beach
Residents of an apartment building in Deerfield Beach are starting out the new year with the loss of one of their neighbors after a fire broke out in one of the eight units in the building’s wing. Firefighters who responded to the late afternoon call needed only about fifteen minutes to extinguish the fire… Read More »
Hallandale Beach High Rise Fire
Residents of a Hallandale Beach high rise were lucky to escape injury on a recent night when their building caught fire. The fire, which was allegedly sparked by a resident who was smoking on her balcony, injured the resident herself as well as a police officer, who required a trip to the hospital for… Read More »
Miami-Bound Plane Fire Causes Injuries
Several passengers suffered minor injuries, some requiring hospital treatment, when they were evacuated from a plane scheduled to leave Chicago for Miami one recent Friday afternoon. The incident arose when an engine in the plane’s wing caught fire after blowing a tire on the runway. The takeoff was aborted and everyone on the aircraft… Read More »
Injuries Result From Apartment Fire
One person was injured as a result of a fire that broke out in an apartment building in northwest Miami-Dade County. The cause of the fire has not yet been announced, and the extent of damages to both the apartment unit and the apartment building itself were not significant, but the victim sustained burns… Read More »
Workplace Burn Injuries
The American Burn Association reports that 486,000 Americans were treated for burn injuries in 2011 and 3,240 Americans died from smoke inhalation in 2013. Burn injuries can have a devastating effect on victims. It is possible that first and second-degree burns will heal quickly, however, third and fourth degree burns are more complex. They… Read More »