Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Andrew Prine, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
As parents, we all do our best to shield our children from dangers and indecent acts to the best of our ability. We can control, to some extent, what our children watch on television and where they go. Unfortunately, there are people out there in Michigan and elsewhere who do very strange things in public places. At times, children are exposed to such conduct. The criminal defendant was observed a a car wash and seemed to be up to suspicious activity. A Thomas Township, Michigan police officer parked near the area and then approached the criminal defendant on foot and caught the criminal defendant in the act of committing a sex time act with a car wash vacuum. You can read more about this story at Caught in Vacuum – Michigan Judge to Sentence Man for Indecent Exposure.
In Washington D.C. and other areas, infant deaths from accidental strangulation and suffocation rose over a twenty year period between 1984 and 2004. These deaths resulted from a parent, adult or another child accidentally strangulating or suffocating the infant while sleeping in the same bed or area with the infant. Some families have the infant in bed because there are no other beds in the home for the infant or parent. Others do it out of habit, culture or tradition. Whatever the reason, many infants are the unfortunate victims of strangulation and suffocation incidents that can be easily avoided. You can read more about this study at 
Parents and caregivers who smoke often try to blow the smoke away from their children. This provides a false sense of safety to parents who think that they can keep harmful smoke from their children. Unfortunately, there is another danger to children beyond second hand smoke. It is being called “Third Hand Smoke” which refers to the gases and particle that cling on smokers’ hair, clothing, furniture, car seats, and other objects. This residue, to which children are exposed, includes heavy metals, carcinogens (cancer causing agents), and even radioactive materials that a child may ingest.
Wii is a video game system that involves some movement and exercise. In various games, a child or adult will use motions to play bowling games, baseball, football, soccer, shooting games, strategy games, carnival games, and many other games. A player can get lost in a game and forget what he or she is doing. Many players have been injured by throwing out an arm or shoulder, injuring tendons or ligaments, or just over extending themselves. Often times, these injuries result when a person is not in good shape to begin with and there was no stretching before playing the Wii Game System.
Lawsuits and insurance claims filed on behalf of children bitten by a dog are controlled by 
In Iowa and Other States, teenagers are taking steroids to try to get one step up on the competition in sports, body building and other pursuits. Medical studies have shown that steroids can have serious long term medical effects on teenagers and adults as well. In Gilbertville / Mason City, Todd Gerleman was arrested for giving his teenage son steroids. According to news reports, it was the father’s idea and plan to provide his son with steroids to get his son more interested in sports.