A case is making its way through the Iowa civil courts this month that involves the potential legal liability of a day-care center where a toddler suffered severe burns. The parents and grandmother of the severely burned toddler have sued the owners of an Ankeny, IA child-care center, accusing the…
In St. Paul, MN last month, a 19-year-old man named Antoine Willis was physically and psychologically injured when his mother’s boyfriend deliberately set him on fire after an argument. Much of his body still hurts from the severe burns he suffered, and Antoine still has nightmares about the attack. “Sometimes…
Here are just two more examples of families suffering the mental anguish of an injured child because of a single moment of carelessness: First, a toddler in a home outside Atlanta had to be flown to a burn unit at a hospital in the city after being scalded by a…
In late May in Gallatin, TN, three workers were critically burned in a fire at a chemical plant where a flash fire in January had already killed two workers–one of whom succumbed to his third-degree burns just one week before this latest fire. This most recent accident injured five workers,…
In addition to the tragic shopping-mall and nightclub fires I detailed in my last blog entry on April 11, this next story should be a lesson to anyone about thinking of fire safety wherever you are. When at home, you simply must check all possible means of escape on a…
When someone suffers a burn injury, their immediate concern is their health, well being and what the future holds. The burn victim and their family should also consider whether or not the burns were the result of negligence. This question is best analyzed, considered and answered by a lawyer who…