Burn Injury Lawyers in Hobbs, New Mexico

Why the Choose Kemmy Law Firm?

We’re not only a law firm with 50 years of combined trial experience and millions of dollars recovered in verdicts and settlements – we are a family. We have the resources to take on the big insurance companies and the dedication to put things right for your family.

We know how high the stakes are for serious burn victims and what it takes to get you through the insurance and legal process: fully prepared, aggressive negotiations, effective reports and testimony from well-respected medical and accident experts.

The Kemmy Law Firm takes our commitment to our clients seriously. We emphasize quality service over having more clients than we can handle. As a result, we treat our clients so they feel they’re the only one we have.

Burn Injury Cases We Handle

Often severe burns are seen in auto accidents, where the force can break open gas lines or the gas tank and a spark ignite a fire. Burns also happen regularly in house fires or due to chemical and electrical exposure at work.

Serious burns caused by workplace accidents might be covered by workers’ compensation. But if a third party, like a contractor, building owner or manager, acted negligently, a separate burn injury lawsuit could be filed against the responsible party.

If you’ve suffered from any of these injuries or accidents, get experienced legal advice from experienced burn injury attorneys who not only know about insurance, New Mexico law, and litigation, but also the medical and psychological issues that come hand in hand with serious burn injuries.

The Kemmy Firm not only helps you obtain fair compensation, but we’re here to help make sure a single incident doesn’t define your life.

Burn Injury Treatment

After initial first aid, if you have a severe burn you may receive,

• Water-based treatments (ultrasound mist therapy to clean and stimulate the wound tissue)
• Fluids to prevent dehydration
• Pain and anxiety medications
• Burn creams and ointments
• Specialty wound dressings
• Drugs to prevent or treat infections

Depending on where you were burned, you may need,

• Help with breathing
• To use a feeding tube
• Have incisions made to large burn scabs,
• Skin grafts (a surgical procedure where sections of healthy skin are used to replace the scar tissue caused by deep burns)
• Plastic surgery to improve your appearance and improve the flexibility of joints affected by scarring

Part of the treatment may be use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in a hyperbaric chamber. Given within the first 48 to 72 hours of a serious burn, HBO therapy increases the oxygen saturation in the body, which speeds up the recovery process.

Our Burn Injury Lawyers Will Identify Who’s Responsible

The Kemmy Law Firm will conduct a careful investigation to determine who may be held legally responsible for your injuries and who should be financially liable for compensating you for your losses. Evidence can include the incident/police report, security video footage, witnesses accounts, an examination of damaged equipment and the findings of engineers and accident reconstructionists.

We will communicate with the parties who caused your injuries, their attorney or insurance company. They may deny responsibility, but after we supply the evidence we’ve found and reports from our experts, we often successfully negotiate settlements.

If opposing parties aren’t living up to their responsibilities or willing to discuss a reasonable settlement, we will go to court.

Burn Injury Compensation

Recovery from serious burns depends on their severity and potential complications. Recovery may mean regaining, much, but not all, of your function. There may be substantial scarring after treatment. Burn treatment is notorious for being a long, painful process.

The total costs of treatment could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, perhaps over a million, depending on the circumstances.

Through an insurance claim or lawsuit, we will fight for you to receive compensation for your:

• Out of Pocket Expenses
• Past and Future Medical Bills
• Lost Wages and Employment Benefits
• Past and Future Pain and Suffering
• Past and Future Mental Anguish
• Disfigurement
• Physical Limitation
• Reduced Earning Capacity
• Loss of Consortium

Our Hobbs, New Mexico burn injury attorneys can help your family with these intense, sometimes complex cases where severe burns were caused. Our experience in litigating serious injury cases and dealing with insurance companies, along with our desire to make sure our clients get the best outcome possible, can mean the difference between a disappointing end and an outcome that lays the foundation for the rest of your life.

Our family is here to help yours. That’s what motivates us every day.

New Mexico Burn Injury Lawsuits and Claims

During our free consultation, we will discuss the issues involved in your case. If we’re retained, we will start an investigation into what happened, why, and who is responsible. After that, we will contact the responsible parties, who normally put us in contact with their attorney or insurance company.

The vast majority of these serious burn cases settle, either before a lawsuit is filed or soon afterward. Insurance companies usually won’t take a case seriously if they believe the attorney won’t be ready to go to trial. We have a deep understanding of New Mexico law, work with top medical experts, and know how juries respond in burn cases.

We are aggressive and well-prepared negotiators. If an insurance company refuses to offer what’s right, they know we will not go away – and will take your case to trial.

Generally, the statute of limitations gives someone three years to file a personal injury lawsuit under New Mexico law. You should contact us well before that deadline so we can protect your rights and start our investigation so evidence won’t be lost and witnesses will be able to remember what happened.

We Take Burn Injury Cases to Trial and Win

Trial preparation is typically the key to obtaining the best outcome for burn injury victims. Having command of the facts and law makes it easier to be successful at negotiation because it adds to the leverage we have when working towards a resolution.

Insurance companies normally offer less to settle early in the process, before you know how your recovery will play out and if any permanent limitations apply. If a reasonable settlement can’t be reached beforehand, part of the litigation process known as discovery can help move the settlement process along.

During discovery, both sides will ask each other questions, exchange documents, and compile information. Often the parties, after discovery, understand the value of the case and reach an agreement.

Over the years our trial lawyers have developed an impressive record of verdicts and settlements. If insurance companies won’t cooperate and refuse to offer fair compensation – we have the skill and resources to bring any case to trial.