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Scarring and Disfigurement Lawsuits - An Overview
In one case, a cat knocked over a can of granular drain cleaner into a crib containing a 6-month-old girl. The baby started playing with caustic soda-lye crystals, and suffered destruction of her mouth, nose, and lips, while chemical burns riddled her hands and arms.
Oftentimes, scarring and disfigurement as a result of an accident does not cause any practical restrictions in bodily movement or performance. However, despite the improvements that have been made regarding unfair discrimination, a pleasant physical appearance is still important in our superficial society.
Scarring and disfigurement, particularly in the facial area, can diminish career growth, prevent future employment opportunities, ruin social lives and marriage arrangements, and result in lifelong emotional pain.
There are countless types of scarring and disfigurement lawsuits. The most common type is burning. Hot liquid in a child’s face results in lifelong scarring. Children can be victims of gas and canned cooking oil explosions.
Another type of disfigurement is known as “road rash”— when a motorcyclist slides across the asphalt after a collision that wasn’t her fault. Discharging airbags, made of a rough, canvass-like material, can cause facial abrasions and burns.
Dog bites are another infamous way to become scarred and disfigured. As in burns, these cases can be particularly heart-breaking when a child is attacked and disfigured. Fractures and amputations are also kinds of disfigurement. In one case, an 11-year-old boy was castrated when he inserted his genitals into a vacuum cleaner nozzle, where the fan blades were too sharp and close to the opening.
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