Children of all ages are in danger of suffering injuries; however, more injuries are suffered by younger children under the age of four than in any other age group. Environmental hazards resulting in child injury or death may range from small toys, cribs, infant car seats, baby walkers, balloons, bicycles, skates and skateboards, to swimming pools, fireworks and firearms. Unsafe products or lack of proper supervision underpin many child injuries.
Determining Liability
- Defective products such as toys, car seats and cribs impose liability on the manufacturer.
- In car accidents, there may be multiple parties that share liability. For example, the manufacturer of an unsafe car seat, the driver responsible for the collision as well as any other contributing factor to the accident such as unmarked hazardous road conditions, for which the city or county may be liable.
- A property owner, or manager may be responsible in the case of a pool drowning and injuries from a fall or a dog bite, depending on the circumstances.
- The school system may bear the liability for a child seriously injured in a school bus wreck or while playing unsupervised on a playground.
The majority of serious unintentional child injuries could have been avoided if proper precautions were taken.
At the Hullverson Law Firm, our injury lawyers represent clients whose children have been seriously injured. We provide thorough examination of medical and school. We carefully investigate an accident scene and defective products and offer a comprehensive evaluation of circumstances surrounding an injury in order to identify responsible parties.
Arrange a Consultation
To arrange a consultation to discuss your child's injury with one of our attorneys, please email or phone our office at 314-LAWYERS (529-9377) or Toll Free at (800) 844-2313. For your convenience, we will come to you for our first meeting or we will schedule a conference with you at our downtown St. Louis Office.
