Houston Burn Injury Lawyer

Undefeated Houston Burn Injury Lawyers

Few injuries are as devastating or life-altering as a severe burn.

Painful and often disfiguring, a catastrophic burn injury can lead to months or even years of hospitalizations, multiple surgeries, and medical expenses that quickly climb into the millions of dollars. Our Undefeated Burn Injury Lawyers understand the immense physical, emotional, and financial toll these injuries take on victims and their families—which is why we’re determined to fight for those who are severely burned in connection with preventable truck and 18-wheeler accidents, oilfield accidents, maritime and offshore accidents, and plant pipeline and refinery explosions. 

Our refusal to accept anything less than the maximum compensation possible has allowed us to recover billions and set records—including the largest oilfield burn injury settlement in U.S. history—on behalf of burn victims and their families throughout Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and across the United States.

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If you or a loved one were severely burned due to another’s negligence, our Undefeated Burn Injury Attorneys will commit whatever resources and time are necessary to hold the responsible parties accountable and ensure you and your family have the financial resources needed to restore your health and rebuild your lives.

Call 1-888-603-3636, click our  “live chat” button, or send us a confidential email through our Contact Form. All consultations are free—and you won’t pay a dime unless we win your case.

Understanding Burn Injuries: Type and Classification

Burns are categorized by cause and by degree of depth, which determines both the level of medical care a victim requires and the potential for lasting, life-altering complications.

Common Types of Burns

• Thermal Burns: The most common form, thermal burns are caused by direct contact with heat sources such as flames, explosions, scalding liquids, or hot objects. 
• Chemical Burns: Result from contact with corrosive substances such as acids, alkalis, or solvents. Without immediate decontamination, the agents that cause chemical burns will continue to damage tissue until fully neutralized, 
• Electrical Burns: Occur when an electrical current passes through the body, generating heat that damages internal organs, muscles, and nerves. The external injury may appear minor, but the internal damage can be extensive and life-threatening. 

Burn Classifications by Degree

• First-Degree (Superficial): Affects only the epidermis, causing symptoms like redness, minor swelling, and pain, but no blistering. These usually heal within a week without permanent scarring.
• Second-Degree (Partial-Thickness): Penetrates into the dermis and causes blistering, severe pain, and risk of infection. Healing can take several weeks, and deeper burns may require skin grafts. Second-degree burns often lead to permanent skin discoloration or scarring. 
• Third-Degree (Full-Thickness): Destroys both the epidermis and dermis, often leaving the skin white, brown, or charred. Because nerve endings are destroyed, the burn may be painless at its center. Third-degree burns always require surgical intervention, including grafting and reconstructive procedures.
• Fourth-Degree (Deep Tissue): Extends through skin and fat into muscle, bone, or organs. These are catastrophic injuries that may result in amputation or permanent loss of function.

Second and third-degree burns can lead to death if they cover 30-40% or more of the body. Because they are deep enough to destroy tissues, muscle, and bone, fourth-degree burns have a higher risk of death, regardless of how extensive. In all cases, factors like age, delay in treatment, and complications such as sepsis and organ failure significantly increase the risk of a fatal outcome.

What Are the Leading Causes of Houston Burn Injuries?

According to data from the National Institutes of Health, over one million people in the United States require medical care for burn injuries annually. Approximately 50,000 victims are hospitalized, with nearly 10% losing their lives from these injuries. 

Burn injuries can happen anywhere, but the most catastrophic cases often occur in high-risk environments—places where a single act of negligence, equipment failure, or an ignored safety rule can trigger a fire or explosion in an instant.

Truck and 18-Wheeler Accidents

When a tractor-trailer or tanker collides with a smaller vehicle at highway speed, the combination of high-pressure fuel systems, electrical sparks, and flammable cargo can turn a crash into an explosion. Victims trapped inside a vehicle can suffer severe thermal burns within moments, while others can sustain chemical or inhalation burns from ignited diesel, battery fires, or toxic smoke. 

Oilfield and Drilling Accidents

Oilfields are inherently dangerous workplaces due to the presence of flammable gases, high-pressure equipment, and volatile chemicals. Burns injuries sustained on well sites and drilling rigs are rarely limited to heat exposure alone. Workers can suffer thermal burns from explosions, chemical burns from caustic fluids, and electrical burns from power systems—all during a single incident.

Plant, Pipeline and Refinery Explosions

When a valve fails, a line ruptures, or maintenance is skipped, the resulting explosion can destroy an entire facility. Workers caught in these blasts often suffer full-thickness burns, severe inhalation injuries, and extensive chemical exposure. The combination of heat, pressure, and corrosive materials makes these burns especially difficult to treat; victims often require multiple grafts and spend months in intensive care.

Construction and Industrial Work Sites

Arc-flash incidents, welding sparks, and contact with high-temperature equipment can cause burns deep enough to damage bone and muscle. Steam and chemical leaks are also common in industrial plants and pipeline projects, especially where contractors fail to follow lockout/tagout or grounding procedures.

Offshore and Maritime Operations

When fires or explosions occur offshore, rescue may be hours away. Such a delay increases the likelihood that burn victims will develop potentially fatal complications before they can be airlifted to a burn unit.

Potential Complications Associated with Burn Injuries

Severe burns are among the most medically complex injuries a person can suffer. The skin—the body’s largest organ—is the first line of defense against infection and fluid loss. When that barrier is destroyed, every major system is placed under stress. Survivors frequently face a long series of complications that can last months, years, or even a lifetime.

• Bacterial Infections and Sepsis: Studies suggest sepsis accounts for roughly 50–84% of all adult burn-related deaths. Even with advanced burn-unit care, survivors frequently need extended hospitalizations, multiple surgeries, and prolonged recovery.
• Fluid and Blood Loss: Extensive burns trigger shock—a rapid loss of fluids and electrolytes through damaged skin. When the body can’t maintain proper circulation, blood pressure drops, organs begin to fail, and tissue becomes oxygen-deprived.
• Hypothermia: Because the skin also regulates body temperature, burn victims are prone to dangerous drops in core temperature. Hypothermia may develop even in warm environments, particularly when more than 30% of total body surface area has been burned.
• Respiratory Complications: When victims inhale superheated air, smoke, or toxic chemicals, airways can become swollen and scarred, resulting in long-term breathing difficulties and even death. Research indicates that approximately one-third of patients with severe burns are diagnosed with inhalation injuries,
• Permanent Scarring and Disfigurement: As tissue regenerates, fibrotic bands, known as contractures, form across joints, tightening the skin, limiting movement, and distorting features. Multiple surgeries and long-term physical therapy may be needed to regain function. Even with grafts and extensive reconstruction, scars may never entirely disappear.
• The Psychological Toll: Burn survivors often develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression related to pain, disfigurement, and the trauma of the incident itself. 

What’s My Burn Injury Case Worth?

Every victim’s burn injury will be unique. So will the circumstances surrounding how the injury was sustained.

Ultimately, many factors will influence what a burn injury case is worth.

• Is the burn injury permanent?
• How much of your body does the burn cover?
• Will you experience a permanent impairment or disability?
• Has your burn injury affected your ability to work?
• Will you require lifelong medical treatment?
• Do you share responsibility for your burn injury?
• What insurance benefits are available?
• How old are you?
• Has the burn injury affected your life expectancy?

Who Can I Sue For Burn Injuries?

Determining liability in a burn injury lawsuit depends on several factors: who created the hazard that led to the injury, who failed to prevent it, and which safety rules were ignored. To complicate matters, these cases often involve multiple at-fault parties, each pointing the finger at someone else.

Truck Drivers

When a truck or 18-wheeler crash leads to fire or explosion, the driver who caused it is often the first line of liability. Speeding, fatigue, distracted driving, and impaired operation are among the leading causes of highway fires. A single careless lane change or overcorrection can rupture a fuel line or battery pack, leaving victims trapped inside a burning vehicle.

Trucking Companies

Under federal law, trucking companies are responsible for ensuring that every vehicle and trucker meets Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), and when they don’t, they can be held accountable for the catastrophic burns caused by their negligence. Common violations include inadequate maintenance, faulty brake or electrical systems, falsified driver logs, and negligent hiring or supervision of unsafe or unfit truck drivers. 

Vehicle and Component Manufacturers

Defective fuel systems, electrical wiring, or lithium-ion batteries can turn otherwise survivable crashes into deadly infernos. When design flaws, faulty materials, or poor crashworthiness make a vehicle more likely to catch fire—or prevent occupants from escaping—manufacturers can be held responsible for any resulting burn injuries.

Oilfield and Drilling Operators

Oilfield companies have a duty to control flammable gases and maintain a safe workplace. Blowouts, explosions, and flash fires can often be traced to faulty blowout preventers, unsafe hot work procedures, and inadequate safety procedures.

Refinery and Chemical Plant Owners

At refineries and petrochemical plants, even a small leak or pressure buildup can ignite a massive explosion. Companies that neglect hazard analyses, delay turnarounds, disable alarms, or fail to enforce basic hot-work protocols routinely put workers’ lives at risk.

Construction Companies and Contractors

Burns often occur on construction sites when companies or their contractors bypass safety rules to save time. Uninspected wiring, ungrounded tools, arc flashes, and unmarked chemical drums are common causes of catastrophic burn injuries.

 Equipment and PPE Manufacturers

Pressure vessels that rupture, valves that leak, compressors that overheat, or flame-resistant clothing that ignites are grounds for product-liability claims. Manufacturers and suppliers can be held responsible when defective materials or inadequate warnings contribute to a worker’s injuries.

Maritime and Offshore Operators

When explosions occur aboard vessels or drilling platforms, responsibility can fall on shipowners, platform operators, or contractors who created unsafe conditions. Depending on the worker’s status, these claims may proceed under the Jones Act, general maritime law, or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA).

Property Owners and Premises Managers

Property owners and facility managers are responsible for maintaining safe environments and preventing foreseeable hazards. Failing to store flammable materials properly, disabling fire suppression systems, or neglecting electrical maintenance can make them liable for injuries sustained on their property.

What Damages Are Houston Burn Injury Victims Entitled To?

Catastrophic burn injuries don’t just destroy skin and tissue—they reshape entire lives. When someone else’s negligence causes that kind of suffering, the law allows victims and their families to recover compensation for the damages they’ve already incurred, as well as those they’ll likely experience in the future.

Economic Damages for Burn Injuries

These damages are intended to compensate victims for the financial losses related to their burn injury, including:

• Past and future medical expenses, including surgeries, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and prosthetics
  
• Lost wages and loss of future earning capacity, accounting for reduced ability to work or early retirement due to disability
  
• Home modifications and medical equipment, such as ramps, lifts, or adaptive technologies
  
• Travel and living expenses incurred during treatment or relocation for long-term care
  

Non-Economic Damages Related to Catastrophic Burns

Non-economic damages acknowledge the human cost of living with pain, disfigurement, and permanent change in quality of life that often follows a burn injury:

• Physical pain and suffering, both immediate and ongoing
  
• Emotional distress related to trauma, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  
• Scarring and disfigurement, including the social and psychological impact of visible injuries
  
• Loss of enjoyment of life, covering activities and experiences that victims can no longer pursue
  
• Loss of consortium, to compensate  spouses and families for the disruption of companionship and support
  

Punitive and Exemplary Damages

When a company’s conduct goes beyond negligence, victims may be able to seek punitive damages (called exemplary damages in Texas) to punish and deter that behavior. In states that allow punitive damages, juries can award significant dollar amounts when clear evidence shows that the defendant acted with gross negligence or conscious disregard for safety. In doing so, they send a message that reckless conduct has consequences—and that no corporation is above the law.

How Long Will I Have to File a Texas Burn Injury Lawsuit?

Texas has a two-year statute of limitations that applies to most burn injury lawsuits.

Your timeline to file a lawsuit will be:

• Two years from the date you suffered your burn injury, or
• Two years from the date of a loved one’s wrongful death

There are exceptions to this rule. deadline. However, once the statute of limitations runs out, you will no longer have the legal right to demand compensation from a liable party.  

Don’t lose out on compensation due to a technicality. Our top-rated burn injury lawyers are ready to get started on your claim. We’ll help you comply with all applicable deadlines and work to maximize your compensation.

How Our Undefeated Burn Injury Lawyers Can Help

While other Texas personal injury law firms claim to represent burn injury victims, few can say they’re undefeated at trial against the biggest companies in the world.. Not only are we undefeated, but we’ve repeatedly won record-breaking verdicts and settlements for our clients, including the  #1 Largest Burn Injury Settlement in U.S. History.

Why are we so successful?

• All of our lawyers are experienced trial lawyers with undefeated records.
• We understand how far companies go to avoid responsibility for their negligence, and we have the experience and resources to effectively counter those tactics.
• We won’t even entertain a settlement offer unless it provides our clients and their families the maximum compensation possible for all of their injuries and losses.
• We prepare every case for trial from day one, so if the company refuses to fully compensate our client, we’ll be ready for court. 

We also take our cases personally and truly care about our clients. We’ll connect you with top doctors and the best available treatment for your specific burn injuries, so you can focus on what matters most: your recovery and your family’s future. 

We’re always willing to help with reasonable living expenses and medical costs while your case is pending. Once your case is resolved, we’ll put you in touch with top financial advisors who can help you establish a financial plan and set up trust funds, so you’ll have the resources to care for yourself and your family for the rest of your lives. 

Few firms even come close to that level of commitment. In fact, if you watch our Client Video Testimonials or our firm’s YouTube channel, you’ll hear something repeatedly:  We treat our clients like family. 

Contact Our Undefeated Burn Injury Lawyers at 1-888-603-3636 for a Free Consultation

With Billions won, including the #1 largest burn injury recoveries in US history, our Houston Burn Injury Lawyers don’t just win for our clients— we set records.

Call 1-888-603-3636, use the “Chat Now” button on our website, or Click Here to send us a confidential email through our Contact Us form.

We’ll answer your questions, explain your rights and options, and provide the information you need to make the best decision for you and your family.

We only work on a contingency fee, so you won’t pay us a dime unless we win your case.

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