The Most Common Injuries to Children and How a Lawyer Can Help

There’s nothing worse than seeing your child get injured. As parents, we know that injuries will inevitably come, but we’re still never fully ready for when our children suffer injuries due to circumstances beyond our control.

If your child has been injured in an accident in Florida, you will want to speak with a personal injury lawyer about your family’s legal rights. Your family may be entitled to financial compensation for your child’s medical expenses and other losses; and, if so, you can hire a personal injury lawyer to represent your family at no out-of-pocket cost.

Common Childhood Injuries

When can (and should) you speak with a personal injury lawyer about your child? Personal injury lawyers can help parents and families seek financial compensation for child injuries in a wide range of circumstances. This includes common childhood injuries such as:

• Broken bones (including “greenstick” fractures, which are especially common among young children)
• First, second and third-degree burns
• Severe cuts requiring stitches or sutures
• Soft tissue injuries requiring medical intervention
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and spinal cord injuries (SCI)

Children can suffer these (and other) injuries due to numerous causes and in numerous locations. Some of the more-common examples of scenarios in which a personal injury lawyer may be able to help include:

• Injuries at school or daycare
• Injuries at home caused by dangerous products
• Car, truck, SUV and school bus accident injuries
• Playground injuries
• Sports injuries

Again, these are just examples. If your child has been injured in any circumstances in which you believe that someone else, a private company, or a school district or another government entity may be to blame, it will be worth talking to a personal injury lawyer about your family’s legal rights. Again, this costs you nothing, and there are several ways an experienced personal injury lawyer will be able to help.

How a Lawyer Can Help if Your Child was Injured in an Accident

What can a personal injury lawyer do if your child was injured in an accident? Here are just some of the ways our lawyers are prepared to help you:

#1: Clearly Explain Your Family’s Legal Rights and Options

Our lawyers can clearly explain your family’s legal rights and options. Based on what you tell us about your child’s accident, we can provide a preliminary assessment of the compensation your family may be entitled to recover, and then we can walk you through the next steps in the process.

#2: Investigate the Cause of Your Child’s Accident

If you decide to move forward, we will work quickly to investigate the cause of your child’s accident. We have extensive experience investigating all kinds of accidents in Florida. If evidence is available to prove what happened, we can preserve this evidence so that we can use it in support of your family’s claim.

#3: Determine Who (or What Company or Government Entity) is Responsible

To file a claim, you need to know who (or what company or government entity) is responsible for your child’s injury. As long as sufficient evidence is available, we will be able to determine this through our investigation. Once we know what claim (or claims) we need to file, then we can start the process of fighting for the financial compensation your family deserves.

#4: Document All of the Costs of Your Child’s Injury to Date

The costs associated with serious child injuries can add up surprisingly quickly. To seek just compensation for these costs, your family will need adequate documentation. Our lawyers can make sure we have all of the medical records, medical bills and other documentation we need to seek to recover the costs of your child’s injury to date.

#5: Work with Your Child’s Doctors to Understand Your Family’s Long-Term Financial Needs

While the short-term costs of child injuries can be substantial, the long-term costs of serious traumatic injuries can be far greater. If your family will continue incurring costs as a result of your child’s accident in the future, it will be critical to ensure that you have a clear understanding of your family’s long-term financial needs.

Our lawyers can gain this understanding by working with your child’s doctors. We have extensive experience handling all types of traumatic injury cases, and we are intimately familiar with the processes involved in assessing the long-term financial implications of severe trauma.

#6: Document the Non-Financial Losses Your Family is Entitled to Recovery

Along with significant financial implications, severe trauma during childhood can have significant non-financial implications as well. From emotional distress to the reality of living every day with permanent scars or disabilities, serious accidents can impact children (and adults) in many different ways. Our lawyers can also help ensure that you are seeking just compensation for the non-financial losses resulting from your child’s accident.

#7: Seek Just Compensation on Your Behalf While You Focus on Being There for Your Child

Ultimately, as your family’s personal injury lawyers, our role is to seek just compensation on your behalf while you focus on being with your child. While we will need to communicate with you at various stages of the process, we will take responsibility for asserting your family’s legal rights.

If you aren’t sure whether it makes sense to hire a personal injury lawyer, we strongly encourage you to get in touch. You owe it to yourself and your family to ensure that you are making informed decisions. We can explain everything you need to know, and we can help you feel confident in your decision-making regardless of the circumstances at hand.

Discuss Your Family’s Legal Rights with a Florida Personal Injury Lawyer for Free

If you need to know more about protecting your family’s legal rights, we invite you to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation at Douglas Law Firm. To speak with one of our experienced Florida personal injury lawyers in confidence as soon as possible, give us a call at 800-705-5457 or tell us how we can help online today.