MAUI WILDFIRE PERSONAL INJURY RECOVERIES

The nation mourns the dozens of deaths in Maui’s worst-of-its-kind wildfire devastation. Yet the Maui wildfire has also caused many serious personal injuries, both in the direct form of burns and smoke inhalation and indirectly in efforts to protect, preserve, and escape. Those suffering personal injury in the awful Maui wildfires need and deserve financial and legal help. 

If you or your spouse or child suffered any kind of personal injury relating to the Maui wildfires, whether physical, mental, or emotional, you may have a right to recovery. For premier legal representation relating to Maui wildfire loss, contact the skilled, experienced, and compassionate attorneys at the Lento Law Group. Call 833.536.8652 or reach out to us today for a free consultation.

Types of Maui Wildfire Personal Injuries

Persons injured in the Maui wildfires may have severe wildfire burns. Wildfire victims may also have suffered long-term or permanent smoke inhalation injuries with disabling effects. Those trying to protect people and property against the wildfire, rescuers coming to the aid of those at wildfire risk, and persons fleeing the wildfire may have suffered broken limbs, back and neck injuries, and even heart attacks, and other serious physical injuries relating to the wildfire. Severe mental and emotional distress, and post-traumatic stress disorders, are other likely wildfire effects.

Type of Maui Wildfire Personal Injury Recoveries

The law may provide substantial rights of financial recovery to individuals suffering personal injury in the Maui wildfires. Financial recoveries may include compensation for lost wages, lost earning capacity, hospitalization and other medical expenses, disability, disfigurement, mental and emotional distress, and lost enjoyment of life. The law may also provide the spouse of the injured person with a recovery for loss of love, society, and services.

Who Might Pay for Maui Wildfire Personal Injury Loss

Law may provide you with a right to recover your personal injury losses from public and private entities responsible for causing the fire or failing in their duties to notify and evacuate individuals and families, while properly suppressing the fire. Those entities may include Hawaiian Electric Company, its parent Hawaiian Electric Industries, Maui Electric Company, the County of Maui, and other utilities and local government departments and bodies.

Theories of Maui Wildfire Personal Injury Liability

The tortious misconduct in which the above entities and others responsible for your loss may have engaged include negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, and willful and wanton misconduct. Unreasonably old and dangerous electric lines and equipment may have caused the wildfires. Officials may not have used available emergency notification systems, evacuation procedures, and fire-suppression equipment, or may have used them carelessly or recklessly. An investigation will doubtless reveal other errors and omissions contributing to the severe losses in this devastating event.

Maui Wildfire Personal Injury Attorneys

If you, your spouse, your child, or other loved ones for whom you care suffered personal injury in the Maui wildfires, contact the Lento Law Group’s premier attorneys now for a free, confidential, and compassionate consultation. Call 833.536.8652 or reach out to us today. The Lento Law Group is here to help you with your Maui wildfire recovery.