Child Injury Lawyer Blog
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. A 24 year old Connecticut resident was driving under the influence when he operated his vehicle in the wrong direction on busy interstate 395. It was late at night and the drunken driver had no headlights on. His vehicle smashed head on into the vehicle in which Elizabeth Durante was a passenger, killing her.
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 in Maryland and Virginia. March is expected to be the peak month.
Parents, teachers, caregivers, and day care and school administrators can better safeguard the living, play, and school space for children by installing important safety products like the Fingershield door hinge guard. This safety product is distributed through 
Legislators / lawmakers in Connecticut have proposed increasing the minimum age to 18 for someone to handle an assault or machine gun style rifle or weapon. This proposed Connecticut assault weapon legislation is in direct response to the death of an 8 year old boy who shot himself with an Uzi at a gun fair in Westfield, Massachusetts last October w, while his father looked on. You can read about this most tragic story in a prior blog posts at 
In Arizona and other cities throughout the United States, household appliances can be very dangerous to small children. What seems like a fun play area to an infant, toddler, or child can prove to be very dangerous or even deadly. The household appliance known as the dryer is not a playground or toy for a child. Once inside, a child can sustain serious personal injuries including head injuries. Parents and caregivers should keep children out of the laundry room and certainly out of the appliances. Some family members thought it was cute when the 1 year old was in the dryer. Again, the dryer is not a toy. For more information on this story, go to 
The Center for the Study of Traumatic encephalopathy (CSTE), at the Boston University School of Medicine is researching a type of brain damage called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This type of brain injury is caused by concussions. Until recently, concussions were concerned invisible type of injuries that are associated with a jarring blow to the head that temporarily affects the senses. Occasionally, concussions lead to unconsciousness. Autopsies and studies have revealed the presence of CTE in former NFL players as well as even young players.
In South Carolina, a dog owner is liable to a child or other injury victim of a dog bite that takes place in a public place or on the dog owner’s property. Pursuant to 
In South Carolina, a dog owner has a duty and responsibility to maintain control of his or own dog. Pursuant to 
In Michigan, child day care centers have a duty to properly staff the facility and supervise the children. In order to promote adequate staffing of child day care centers, the Michigan Department of Human Resources promulgated rules and regulations that require child day care centers to have certain staff to children ratios in place for the safety and supervision of the children. Pursuant to