Helping you get the best burn care today –
and for the future

While burns are often caused by gasoline or electrical fires, they can also come from chemicals, electricity and even radiation.

If you’ve suffered a burn, negligence could be a contributing factor. For example, auto defects, product defects, lack of smoke alarms, fireworks, smoking in bed and careless landlords can all lead to burn injuries.

There are three types of burns:

• First-degree burns – fairly mild; can usually be easily treated
• Second-degree burns – more serious; often require significant medical treatment
• Third-degree burns – the most serious; can cause disfigurement, scarring and degloving; may even require a skin graft and debriding

At O’Brien Boyd, the attorneys have experience in dealing with cases involving second- and third-degree burns. They understand that burns are especially difficult injuries, potentially disfiguring victims, leaving them in excruciating pain and with emotional scarring.

O’Brien Boyd works with medical professionals to ensure that you receive the finest in plastic and cosmetic surgery, as well as the appropriate pain management tools – like prescription medicines, psychiatric counseling or a combination of the two. They also work with life care planners and vocational rehabilitation experts, to be certain that your future needs are included in the calculation of damages.

If you or a loved one has suffered a burn injury, please call 716-839-7777, e-mail an attorney at O’Brien Boyd, or fill out this form.

Here are some websites that can offer more information about serious burns. Please note that O’Brien Boyd is not responsible for the content of these sites. The inclusion of any link to a site does not imply endorsement by O’Brien Boyd.

• KidsHealth
• Burns: First Aid
• Burns
• Burns: Heat, Electrical, Radiation, Friction, and Chemical Burns