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Burn Injury Lawsuit

The burn injury lawsuit information provided below is provided by Pritzker | Ruohonen, a nationally-recognized personal injury law firm with offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The firm has a national practice and litigates cases throughout the United States.  Lawyer Fred Pritzker has over 30 years of  experience and has recovered millions for burn victims, including a recent settlement for $2,950,000.  In recognition of his achievements, other lawyers selected him for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  To contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen for a free consultation, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail Fred Pritzker or fill out the online-consultation form.

Elements of a Burn Injury Lawsuit
The elements of a burn injury lawsuit depend on the facts.  Most burn injury lawsuits are based on negligence, which involves the careless actions or inactions of another.  The four elements of negiligence are as follows:

  1. Duty
  2. Breach of Duty
  3. Direct or Proximate Cause
  4. Injury

Each of the above elements has to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.  If the burn injury lawsuit involves a recalled defective product and the burn is attributable to that product, the case is one of strict liability, meaning cause is considered proven.  If the burn injury resulted in death, the burn injury lawsuit becomes a wrongful death case.

As an example of negligence, in one of Pritzker | Ruohonen's multi-million-dollar cases, the owner of an apartment building did not repair smoke alarms in the building.  Owners of apartment buildings have a duty to maintain the building, including smoke alarms.  Two occupants of one apartment died, and two others in the same apartment were injured.  

Expert Witnesses in a Burn Injury Lawsuit
Burn injury lawsuits can require the expert testimony of medical doctors, biomedical professionals and engineers. Pritzker | Ruohonen has the resources to get qualified expert witnesses and pay for visuals that will make their testimony come alive in court. 

The lawyers at Pritzker | Ruohonen  understand the science behind burn injury cases and have successfully used complex, science-based testimony of expert witnesses in court, in pre-trial motions and during negotiation settlements.  Contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohnen for a free consultation regarding a burn injury lawsuit.


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Fred Pritzker Listed in The Best Lawyers in America

Fred Pritzker has been notified that he will again be listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury and wrongful death litigation.

 

Burn Injury Lawsuit Settled

Our law firm settled a case involving an apartment fire. Two people died, and two others were injured, one seriously. Learn about a burn injury lawsuit, scald burn, and apartment fire.

 

Traumatic Brain Injury

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen spoke at the annual Minnesota Association for Justice Brain Injury Seminar. They represent brain injury survivors in personal injury cases throughout the nation.

 

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