If you or a family member was treated at the Warden Burn Center at Orlando Regional Medical Center, your medical records document the full severity of your injuries — burn depth, total body surface area, surgeries, and rehabilitation. Those records are critical evidence in a burn injury claim, and Florida's 4-year statute of limitations gives you time to act — but not a reason to wait.
The Dr. P. Phillips Warden Burn Center at Orlando Regional Medical Center, part of the Orlando Health system, is the primary burn treatment resource for Central Florida and one of the most important burn programs in the state. Housed within a Level I Trauma Center, it draws burn patients from across a vast interior region — a fast-growing area anchored by tourism, hospitality, construction, and agriculture.
The center provides comprehensive acute burn care: resuscitation and critical care management of serious burns, debridement and skin grafting, treatment of inhalation and airway injuries, and coordinated reconstruction and rehabilitation. As a Level I Trauma Center, it produces detailed, standardized clinical documentation for each patient — the kind of record that establishes injury severity clearly and credibly in a legal claim.
Central Florida's explosive population growth and tourism-driven economy create a burn hazard profile unlike anywhere else in the country. Theme parks and resorts, an enormous hospitality and food-service sector, relentless construction, and interstate transportation all generate serious burns — and many of these injuries involve third-party negligence that can support a civil claim well beyond workers' compensation.
Orlando is the center of one of the largest tourism and hospitality economies on earth, layered on top of one of the fastest-growing construction markets in the nation. That combination — millions of visitors, thousands of hotels and restaurants, and constant building — produces a steady volume of serious burn injuries.
Florida requires most employers with four or more employees to carry workers' compensation insurance under Florida Statutes § 440.02, and workers' comp is generally the exclusive remedy against your employer — you usually cannot sue your employer directly in tort for a covered workplace burn. That makes identifying third-party defendants absolutely critical.
Florida law supports civil claims against parties whose negligence caused or contributed to your burn, including:
Florida's statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 4 years from the date of injury under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(3) — one of the longer windows in the country. Florida follows a modified comparative negligence system: under Fla. Stat. § 768.81, if you are found more than 50% at fault you are barred from recovering, and if you are 50% or less at fault your damages are reduced by your share. Claims against government entities are governed by the Florida Tort Claims Act (§ 768.28) and require a pre-suit notice of claim, so early legal advice is important even though the general deadline is longer.
Documentation from a Level I Trauma Center burn program is among the most persuasive evidence available in a burn case. Records from the Warden Burn Center typically include:
Your attorney will obtain these records with your written authorization and build your damages case around them. An experienced Florida burn injury attorney knows how to combine the Warden Burn Center's clinical documentation with Florida's third-party liability framework to maximize your recovery at settlement or trial.
If your burn was caused by someone else's negligence — an unsafe hotel or restaurant, a theme-park equipment failure, an unsafe construction site, defective equipment, a chemical supplier's failure to warn, or a negligent driver — you likely have a viable claim. Because Florida generally bars suits against your own employer, identifying third-party defendants is critical. Treatment at a Level I Trauma Center burn program is itself strong evidence of injury severity. A free consultation will identify who is liable and what your claim may be worth. Call us or submit the form above — no fee unless you win.
Florida's statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 4 years from the date of injury under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(3) — one of the longer windows in the country. But claims against government entities require a pre-suit notice under the Florida Tort Claims Act (§ 768.28), and evidence such as surveillance footage, incident reports, and equipment can disappear within days or weeks. Do not wait — contact an attorney as soon as you are medically able.
Yes. Under HIPAA you have the right to copies of your complete medical records from Orlando Regional Medical Center / Orlando Health. You can submit a written authorization to the hospital's medical records department, or authorize your attorney to request the records for you — usually the most efficient approach when the records are needed for litigation.
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