By Stephanie F. Brown, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network When a lawsuit is filed on behalf of a minor child in Georgia, any settlement of the lawsuit may require the approval of the Probate Court where the child resides. Georgia Code Section 29-3-3 controls…
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Nearly 1 in 5 Cancer Medication Error Rate Among Pediatric Patients
By Anthony Ferguson, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network According to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology mistakes in medication given to cancer patients occurs all too frequently. The study found 22 errors among 117 visits (18.8% error rate) to a…
Child’s Duty to Exercise Care in Georgia – What Laws Apply to Children in Negligence Cases?
By Stephanie F. Brown, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Often in personal injury cases involving children, the defendant will claim that the child was contributorily negligent and his recovery is barred or must be reduced. In Georgia, children must exercise such care as his…
Saucier Mississippi Man Arrested for Child Molestation Charges
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A 40 year-old Saucier, Mississippi man was arrested on multiple child molestation charges. He is a plumber and was initially arrested on March 18, 2009. According to reports, he molested a 9-year-old and an 8-year-old child.…
Another Drunk Driver Kills a Promising Young Woman (Elizabeth Durante of West Islip New York)
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Elizabeth Durante of West Islip New York was a young and caring college student. Recently she and other fellow students were driving from New York to Massachusetts, on their way to a humanitarian project in Uganda.…
Child Pornography Bust in Georgia Results in 19 Arrests
By Stephanie F. Brown, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) initiated a major child born bust in March 2009. The GBI arrested 18 adults and one fourteen year old boy in a porn bust that focused on computers and…
Toddler in Waterville Maine Burned from Microwave Fire
By Anthony Ferguson, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A two-year old Waterville, Maine boy suffered serious burns from a microwave oven fire at his home. It appears that the toddler placed nonmicrowaveable items such as a bottle of perfume and a metal fork into…
Butte Montana Airplane Crash Leads to Death of 14 or More People Including 7 Children
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A tragic airplane crash recently took place near the Butte Montana airport. The fatal plane crash involved a small single turboprop airplane that took a nose dive into a cemetery approximately 500 feet from the airport. It is a tragic…
Families of Bus Crash Victims Limited to $3,000,000 For All Claims for Lawsuits Against the the State of Georgia
By Stephanie F. Brown and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In 2007, 35 Bluffton University baseball team players and their coaches were traveling on a bus to play in a game when their bus went off of an overpass in Atlanta, Georgia. Seven people were killed…
Two Maryland Teenagers Die from Influenza / Flu in Maryland
By Benjamin A. Klopman, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In the February 2009, the flu has taken the young lives of two (2) teenagers from the State of Maryland. Although this flu season is not reportedly worse than others, infections are beginning to increase…