Apartment fire from landlord-neglected wiring or smoke alarms. Restaurant grease and steam burns. Chemical burns from defective products. Gas explosions from utility negligence. Electrical burns from defective appliances. 2nd-degree burns over 10%+ of the body and 3rd-degree burns of any size mean lifetime care: skin grafts, scar revision, pressure garments, physical therapy, and psychological treatment for PTSD.
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Burn center records (NYU Langone, Cornell, Westchester Med, Stony Brook). Fire marshal reports for fire cases. Product preservation for defective-product burns. Utility records for gas-explosion cases. NYCHA/HPD violation history for landlord cases.
TBSA × treatment cost × lifetime projection. We work with burn-specialist CLCPs (not generic life-care planners) because burn care is uniquely long-tail — annual scar revisions for 20+ years, custom compression garments every 3-6 months, and reconstructive surgeries that span decades.
Burn cases coordinate with senior trial co-counsel for jury trials under NY co-counsel rules. Burn-case juries respond strongly to day-in-the-life evidence and visible scarring — selection of trial counsel is matched to the venue.
Every case is different. The recoverable damages depend on your injuries, the insurance available, and the facts of your case.
Burn severity is measured in Total Body Surface Area affected. A 15% TBSA burn from a kitchen fire often requires months at NYU Langone or Cornell's Weill Burn Centers, multiple skin grafts, and decade-long follow-up. Insurance carriers minimize by counting 'how many burns' — we present the case in TBSA and full-treatment-course costs.
Before filing, NY requires a New York civil procedure rule 3012-a certificate of merit signed by your attorney attesting that a qualified physician has reviewed the case and finds it meritorious. We arrange the expert review during intake.
Claims against NYC Health + Hospitals (HHC) facilities — Bellevue, Elmhurst, Kings County, Lincoln, etc. — require a 90-day notice of claim. Same deadline applies to SUNY hospitals. Call us before that deadline runs.
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