Texas Fire Lawyer Helps Families Seek Compensation After House Fires, Apartment Fires and Fatal Fires
As a Texas fire lawyer, Jason Coomer, helps families seek compensation after fires. Accidental fires are one of the most destructive events that can occur in your life. Suffering serious burns or smoke inhalation can cause extremely painful and life threatening health problems. If you are lucky enough to escape the fire with your health and life, losing your home and possessions to fire, smoke, and water damage can cause financial issues.
If you or a loved one have suffered a death, serious injury or substantial property damage loss from a fire, please feel free to submit an inquiry for a Free Online Evaluation of your potential fire claim by a Texas fire lawyer. Please also feel free to send an E-mail to Texas Fire Lawyer Jason Coomer for a free online case review. As a Texas house fire lawyer, Jason Coomer handles apartment fires, condo fires and other fire claims.
When is a Texas Fire Lawyer Needed?
A Texas fire lawyer helps victims of accidental fires. They help gather information regarding the cause and origin of the fire to determine who may be responsible for a fire. They also help families who have suffered significant injuries, devastating property loss, or the death of a loved one seek compensation for their losses. They deal with the fire departments, arson investigators, police departments, insurance adjusters, and risk management departments. They also help families recover from devastating fires including seeking compensation for medical bills, lost wages, alternative living expenses, and property damages.
What Compensation Can a Texas Fire Death Lawyer Seek for a Family After a Fire?
Texas fire lawyers help families who have suffered injuries, deaths, and other damages seek compensation. More specifically, the fire lawyer investigates the fire to determine if there are potential first party or third party claims that can be made for the family. First party claims include insurance claims and typically provide replacement compensation for houses and personal property as well as alternative living expenses. Third party claims are against third parties who caused the fire. These claims include an damages caused by the fire including death and injury claims. In seeking compensation for first and third party claims, fire lawyers represent families against insurance companies and large businesses. They also often work as a shield for families against adjusters and lawyers who represent these third parties. Overall, Texas fire lawyers protect and seek compensation for devastated families who are trying to rebuild their lives after a devastating fire.
Who Can Hire a Texas Fire Death Lawyer?
After a fire death, several family members can file lawsuits for the death of a loved one. Under Texas law, parents, spouses, and children can file a Texas Fire Death Lawsuit based on a wrongful death action after losing a child, spouse, or parent. Additionally, the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate can also file a Texas Fire Death Lawsuit based on a survival action. Both wrongful death actions and survival actions need to be filed within two years of the fire death. Shorted deadline may apply to survival actions in some circumstances.
The Destruction Accidental Fire Causes Each Year
In the United States alone, each year fire causes the death of approximately 4,300 people (more than all natural disasters combined) and seriously injures another almost 30,000. In addition, serious burns, fatalities, smoke inhalation respiratory problems, and other bodily injuries can be caused by fire. Fire injuries typically require immediate first aid for burns. Additionally, treatment for smoke related injuries by a medical professional is important if there are symptoms such as difficulty breathing or chest pain.
What Investigations Do Texas Fire Lawyers Typically Do After a Fire?
After an accidental fire, a Texas Fire Lawyer typically determines if a proper investigation of a fire was done. More specifically, the legal team investigates what caused the fire and how similar fires can be prevented in the future. The lawyer will also identify all parties who caused the fire or prevented early detection of the fire. These parties may be liable to those injured in the fire and may be required to pay compensation for damages caused by the fire. Further, each of these parties may have insurance that may pay compensation for fire damage. The lawyer's legal team will also gather information regarding the injuries and damages that were suffered by the people in the fire.
These legal investigations can be extremely complicated as there are many different potential causes of fires and numerous potential sources of recovery. In the best case scenario the cause of the fire is simply and determined by the fire department. Further, the responsible parties feel responsible and step up to pay full compensation to those damaged or injured by a fire. However, both situations are rare and more often than not it is difficult to prove who is responsible for fire damage and to make them pay for the damage.
Texas Fire Lawsuits Are Typically Based on Negligence
Though fires occur in nature, many more accidental fires are caused by human error and negligence. Negligence not only causes accidental fires, it can cause fire to spread more rapidly. From direct actions such as arson to more indirect actions such as faulty wiring, defective appliances, negligent storage, faulty construction, negligent maintenance, and lack of fire detection devices and/or prevention equipment, careless and negligent action cause far too many fires that wrongfully kill people, severely injure others, and destroy property. Residential fires and home fires (apartment fire, duplex fire, and house fire) can be especially devastating as they can cause serious injury or death as well as destroy a life time worth of possessions.
Fire Reports and Police Reports Are Typically Requested by Texas Fire Lawyers
If you believe you have suffered damages because of an accidental fire and the fire was caused by the negligent or intentional actions of another, it is important to obtain fire safety reports from the local fire and police departments regarding the cause of the fire as well as speak with someone that is able to investigate the fire with you.
Texas Fire Lawyer and Texas Fire Death Lawyer Represents Families Who Have Suffered The Devastating Impact of Fires
The Law Offices of Jason S. Coomer helps individuals and businesses that have suffered severe burns, smoke inhalation, and other personal injuries as well as property loss to a fire, smoke, and water. If your home, business, or property has been damaged do to fire, Texas fire lawyer, Jason Coomer may be able to assist you.
Texas Fire Lawyers and Experts Investigate Fires To Identify Responsible Parties (Cause and Origin Experts)
As a Texas Fire Lawyer, Jason Coomer, works with fire professionals to identify responsible parties. More specifically, these experts collect and review evidence to determine the cause and origin of a fire. By working with these fire investigation experts, he identifies responsible parties. His fire investigation team gathers evidence from several sources. More specifically, he contacts fire marshals and firefighters who responded to the fire. These fire professionals secure the fire scene and typically start the investigation. They also determine when it is safe to enter the fire scene. These fire experts file fire reports, take witness statements and gather video and photographs. This evidence is important to almost every fire claim or fire lawsuit.
Jason Coomer also works with certified fire investigators (CFI). In working with these fire experts, he examines burn patterns, arc marks on wires, tripped breakers and localized heat damages. His fire investigation team also gathers witness statements, fire reports and any video of the fire. They also analyze this evidence to determine the cause and origin of the fire. Overall, he works with fire experts to identify the cause and origin of the fire to determine responsible parties.
His teams investigate several different causes of fires including:
- Defective appliances
- Electrical problems
- Improper construction or work
- Failure to follow safety protocols
- Improper storage of flammable liquids and gases
- Vehicle fires
- Wildfires
Texas Fire Lawyer for First Party Claims and Third Party Liability Cases
In investigating a fire case, a Texas fire lawyer helps families and businesses identify potential viable claims for compensation. More specifically, the lawyer investigates both first party fire claims and third party fire claims.
Texas Fire Law Firm for First Party Fire Insurance Claim Assistance
First party fire claims are typically against our clients’ insurance company. In these claims, the first party fire lawyer represents the interests of the insured against insurance companies. Contrary to insurance advertising, insurance companies are in the business of denying claims and limiting the amount they pay on claims.
The first step in reviewing first party fire claims is to review all relevant insurance policies. In reviewing the policies an experienced lawyer works through the complicated language. Most experienced first party attorneys will tell you that insurance companies draft this complicated language to help exclude and deny claims. For this reason, it is beneficial to have an experienced first party fire claim lawyer help review coverage.
Once potential insurance coverage is located, the lawyer will review notice and exclusion issues. The lawyer will then work with their clients to provide timely and proper notice of the loss. The legal team will also communicate and work with insurance adjusters and lawyers on behalf of their clients. This representation provides protection for clients from direct communications from insurance adjusters and lawyers. It also limits opportunities for insurance companies to take advantage of those unfamiliar with fire claims.
A first party fire attorney also helps clients prepare for any recorded statements. This preparation is important because insurance companies often seek information in recorded statements to limit damages or deny a claim. The lawyer also typically accompanies their client during recorded statements. In addition to helping with recorded statements, the lawyer also helps clients understand and determine damages.
Texas Fire Litigation Attorney for Third Party Liability Cases
Third party fire claims are against any parties who are responsible for the fire. Examples of fire related responsible third parties include:
- Manufacturers of defective products such as defective stoves, scooters and vacuums.
- Negligent contractors and builders including electricians, plumbers or carpenters.
- Negligent owners or property managers
- Negligent power and gas companies
- Negligent neighbors or guests
- Negligent businesses
In investigating third party claims, it is necessary to determine the cause and origin of the fire. For this reason, third party fire lawyers commonly work with fire experts to determine cause, origin and liability in third party claims. They also typically send notice and demand letters to responsible parties. They also commonly file lawsuits and litigate against responsible parties to obtain reasonable compensation.
After a fire, it is important to identify all potential first and third party claims. A Texas fire lawyer can help identify these claims as well as help maximize any recovery.
Texas Fire Lawyer Jason Coomer Commonly Works With Other Fire Lawyers Throughout Texas
Texas Fire Lawyer Jason Coomer commonly works with other lawyers throughout Texas and across the country. By sharing information and working together, his law firm and other firms throughout Texas are able to provide better representation for their clients that have suffered severe injuries or the loss of their homes and possessions. Whether it is a house fire, business fire, apartment fire, duplex fire, dorm firm, or condo fire, it is important to have an experienced Texas fire lawyer review your potential claim.
How Do Families and Businesses Seek Compensation and Prove Fire Damages?
Texas Fire lawyer, Jason Coomer, works with clients to identify potential sources of fire recoveries. In working with his clients, he listens to his clients and investigates the cause of the fire. In doing so, he identifies responsible parties and potential sources of compensation. He also gathers evidence of damages to prove insurance claims and third party claims against responsible parties. In his cases, he has collected damages for wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, loss of home, loss of personal property and other damages.
He also understands that many of his clients have lost their homes and/or businesses. For this reason, he works with his clients to inventory their losses. He also works with families and businesses to determine how a fire impacted them. In these discussions, he works to understand how to make his clients whole and how to prove damages. He also negotiates with insurance companies and litigates against responsible parties to obtain compensation.
Fire damages typically vary depending on the type of fire that has occurred. Common types of fires include house fires, apartment fires, hotel fires, business fires, oil blowouts and industrial fires. Each type of fire has specific damages and can cause devastating damages. More specifically, many fires cause serious burns and smoke inhalation injuries. These serious injury and death cases, typically have catastrophic damages which require a fire lawyer. Additionally, businesses and property owners typically suffer from fire, smoke, water and soot damages. This damage can destroy property and cause business disruptions.
If you need a Texas fire lawyer to represent you with a fire damage claim, Get in touch with attorney Jason Coomer for a FREE CASE EVALUATION. Further, reach out today by email, text or phone at 866-474-1477 (toll-free) to contact the Law Offices of Jason S. Coomer for more information on reviewing your fire claim, lawsuit or settlement.
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