New York Burn Injuries Lawyer
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Burn injury cases can vary greatly in regard to insurance issues and the various legal process. When car accidents cause burn injuries, it is vital to determine all causes of the accident and the causes of the injuries, and to determine which insurance coverages apply. In apartment fires, it is important to determine where the fire originated, to determine whether the blaze could have been prevented and whether proper safety features were installed and in working order.
The New York City burn injury lawyers of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, have successfully recovered many millions of dollars for clients who have suffered severe burns and who have lost loved ones in fires occurring in vehicles, homes, apartments, commercial buildings and other catastrophic injuries. We have handled injuries ranging from hands that were burned by irons to entire families who perished in residential fires.
Recent Cases Illustrate Our Effectiveness in Handling Burn Injury and Fire Accident Cases:
- Our clients were a single-parent father and his five-year-old son. Both were severely burned when their housing project apartment became engulfed in flames. Our investigation revealed that the cause of the injuries was the absence of working smoke detectors. We settled the case against the defendant for $1.15 million.
- Our client lost two children in a tragic apartment fire in Queens. We worked with our investigators and forensic fire experts to investigate 1) the source of the fire, 2) the manner in which it spread, and, 3) the cause of death. Our investigation revealed that the building's owner had illegally converted incorporated attic space into the apartment, and that he hadn't bothered to provide a proper means of escape from the attic in the event of a fire. We settled the case for $1 million.
- Our client's two-year-old was badly scalded and burned when struck by water emitted by a defective radiator. Following the child's one-month stay at the Cornell Burn Center we proved that the owner of the building that our clients occupied failed to properly maintain the radiator, resulting in a breach of warranty of habitability. Our representation resulted in a $ 3.5 million settlement.
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If you have suffered a loss in a fire in New York City or anywhere in New York, please contact us for a no-charge consultation. Smiley & Smiley, LLP is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan across from Grand Central Station at 1 Grand Central Place. Spanish interpretation services are available, and our staff includes speakers of Greek and Haitian Creole. To contact a New York City burn injury lawyer, call 212-986-2022 or Toll Free 866-SMILEYLAW.
