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Arizona
Burns Lawyers
Arizona burn lawyers who represent people
who have suffered a personal injury or death by
negligence, medical malpractice or a defective
product. We also represent people treated unfairly
by insurance companies resulting in bad faith,
breach of contract, and uninsured motorist claims.
A burn is an injury that
is caused by electricity, heat, chemicals, radiation,
or gases. Burns can be considered one of the most
painful non-fatal injuries endured. Nerve endings
are damaged from a burn, which is why the extreme
pain is experienced. Every year in the U.S. millions
of people are burnt, and of those million burn victims,
thousands die as a result of the burns. Burns, behind
automobile crashes and falls, is the leading cause
of unintentional death in the U.S.
Burn injuries
can affect other functions, including muscles,
nerves, bones, and blood vessels, as well as the
respiratory system. Injuring the skin, burns impair
the body's normal body temperature, thermal regulation,
joint function, fluid balance, manual dexterity,
and physical appearance.
A burn
is classified by the method that the burn was
caused and the degree of the burn. The degree
of a burn can vary from first-degree burns to
third degree burns. When only the outer layer
of skin is injured it is classified as a first-degree
burn. Second-degree burns have penetrated the
first layer of skin and the second layer. The
most painful and severe burn are third degree
burns that involved every layer of skin, destroying
all the nerve endings. As the burns heal there
will be dense scarring and possible skin grafting.
Burns
can be the direct result of a personal injury,
holding another individual or company liable for
the suffering endured. The source and cause of
the fire or accident that caused the burn will
need to be determined for a burn personal injury
case.
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