Tampa Burn Injury Attorney
A serious burn is one of the most painful injuries there is — and when someone else’s carelessness caused it, the recovery has to be built for years of care, not just this week’s dressings.
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Burn Injuries Are Catastrophic — And Often Preventable.
Thermal burns from hot metal, flames, or scalding liquids. Chemical burns from industrial spills or unsafe product storage. Electrical burns from exposed wiring or unsafe job sites. Friction burns in high-speed crashes. Radiation burns. However it happened, the damage often goes far beyond the outer layers of skin — reaching nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and internal organs.
Infections, scarring, amputations, or long-term immobility can follow. In many cases, someone knew the danger and didn’t do enough to prevent it. Negligence isn’t always obvious — but it’s often there.
At CDB Injury Law, we dig into how the burn actually happened, prove who was responsible, and build the full picture of what your recovery will cost for years to come.
Florida law, plainly
Why a burn case has to be built for the long haul
Serious burn cases are won on proof of the future, not just the past. A few things drive that.
Who’s responsible is rarely just one person
Burns are often caused by someone else’s negligence — unsafe premises, defective products, unsafe job sites, industrial chemical spills, or crashes. That can open premises-liability and products-liability claims against property owners, manufacturers, and other parties. Finding every responsible party is where an experienced firm earns its keep.
The damages reach decades forward
Beyond hospital bills and lost wages, Florida law lets you recover for future medical care, lost earning capacity, and pain and suffering. With a severe burn — where surgeries, skin grafts, reconstruction, and long rehab lie ahead — those future numbers are usually the largest part of the case, and the part insurers most want to minimize.
Shared fault doesn’t end your claim
Under Florida’s modified-comparative-negligence rule, you can still recover as long as you’re not more than 50% at fault — your recovery is reduced by your share. How fault is apportioned is often the real battleground.
The clock is running
You generally have two years from the injury to file (2023 tort-reform law). The sooner the evidence and experts are locked in, the stronger the case.
What to do after a burn injury
Follow the full course of treatment.
Every burn-center visit, graft, therapy session, and prescription builds the medical record your case is built on. Gaps in care become the insurer’s argument.
Preserve what caused the burn.
The defective product, the chemical container, photos of the unsafe site — that physical evidence can prove who was responsible. Don’t throw it away or let anyone else remove it.
Don’t accept an early number.
Insurers move fast on burn claims precisely because the long-term cost of surgeries and reconstruction is enormous. An early offer is a signal of exposure, not a fair value.
Get the experts involved early.
Life-care planners, burn specialists, and vocational experts turn “someday” costs — future grafts, scar revision, rehab — into proof. The sooner they’re engaged, the more complete your recovery.
Tampa General Hospital is home to a regional burn center serving West Central Florida — some of the best burn care in the state is right here in Tampa Bay. Recovery is local; your legal fight should be too.
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Your recovery has a long horizon. Your compensation should too.
A career spent building serious-injury cases for Tampa Bay families — tell us what happened, there’s no cost to talk.