Fire and Explosions
“Deaths from fires and burns are the fifth most common cause of unintentional injury deaths in the United States and the third leading cause of fatal home injury” – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006
A fire or explosion to a home can one of the most devastating events for a family to experience, and even more so when a wrongful death is involved. The loss of a loved one through a fire or explosion due to the negligence of others or an unsafe household appliance is exceptionally difficult while trying to find a new place to live while insurance sorts through your household losses.
If you’ve suffered a burn injury, you know that it can be horrifying. As the reality of burn injury is revealed to you it becomes obvious that this is a permanent, life altering event. Like any tragedy, the days that follow are some of the hardest. It’s not a time to place blame or become enraged, it’s a time to heal and prepare for the rest of your life…which starts now. It’s a time to protect your future while taking care of the now.
It’s not easy to think of the long term effects of a burn injury, but it’s a better context to consider the alternatives. Make sure that you heal yourself and don’t forget about the days that will follow today. You might be entitled to compensation for your injury and, almost certainly, your future will depend on it. Consider not only today but tomorrow. Consider Tabor Law as your partner in this life changing moment, consider Tabor as your partner in this life changing case.
Case Study
Smith v. Barmet Industries
On May 19, 1984, Novice Smith was in the scope of his employment, working at a plant in Warrick County, Indiana. Mr. Smith was working with a with a product that was designed, and manufactured by Barmet Industries, Inc. and Barmet of Indiana, Inc. He was in the process of using the product in conjunction with a remelt furnace. Suddenly and without warning an explosion occurred and Novice Smith was killed as a result. Barmet Industries, Inc. and Barmet of Indiana, Inc. denied any liability for the incident. Through thorough and exhaustive investigation, Tabor Law Firm showed that there was a defect in the product manufactured by Barmet Industries, Inc. and Barmet of Indiana, Inc. that caused the explosion and that the Defendants were careless and negligent in the designing, manufacturing, processing, testing, inspection, distribution and selling of the product that was being used by Mr. Smith. Further, Tabor Law Firm showed the negligence of the Defendants proximately caused the death of Mr. Smith. Tabor Law Firm represented Phyllis Smith, the wife of Novice Smith, in a wrongful death suit against Barmet Industries, Inc. and Barmet of Indiana, Inc. and was successful in assisting Phyllis Smith in procuring a significant monetary recovery from Defendants for the loss of her husband.