Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Parents in the West Carroll County School District in Tennessee got some disturbing news recently about a Melissa McCord, a 35 year old special education teacher. Apparently, Ms. McCord sent and received sexually explicit photos and notes to a 14 year old student who was dating allegedly dating McCord’s daughter. In addition and even more problematic, Ms. McCord had sex with the boy. Ms. McCord admits that she went to a park with the boy but denies that she had sex with the boy. Like most cases of this nature, if Ms. McCord sent and received e mails and / or text messages with photos with the boy, this will be strong evidence should the case go to trial. Of course, all criminal defendants, including Ms. McCord, have a right to representation and trial. In addition, Ms. McCord is innocent until proven guilty under the criminal justice system; however, the allegations as reported in Tennessee do not look good for Ms. McCord. If convicted, Ms. McCord will face a prison sentence. You can read more about this story at Tennessee Student Arrested for Having Sex with Teen Student.
Aquan Lewis, a 5th grader at Oakton Elementary School, was found hanging from a hook by a school janitor in the bathroom. The boy was pulled off the hook and was lying on the floor when the janitor entered the restroom.
New York day care and child care centers are regulated by the
While doing charitable work, delivering meals to the elderly in New York, 61 year old Ronald Marcink struck the rear of a school bus and died. Fortunately, the school bus had no students at the time and the bus driver was not injured. So it was a strange twist of fate that while helping the elderly, Mr. Marcink lost his own life, and yet by luck, his accident, which could have been catastrophic, injured no one else.
A nonprofit consumer group, Consumers Union, is opposed to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to permit infant formulas manufactured in the United States to be sold when the formula is contaminated with melamine or its byproducts. The FDA detected melamine and its byproduct cyanuric acid separately in four out of 89 containers of infant formula tested in the fall of 2008, including Nestle Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron and Mead Johnson’s Enfamil LIPIL with Iron. The FDA, however, authorized sale of the formulas because melamine and cyanuric acid were not found together in the formulas. According to the FDA, dangerous effects can occur only when both melamine and cyanuric acid are present.
New York day care and child care centers are regulated by the
A trip to the Grand Canyon resulted in the death of 7 Chinese tourists who were passengers on a tour bus. While traveling on a highway near the Hoover Dam, the tour bus crashed which resulted in the death of 7 Chinese tourists and injuries to 10 or more other passengers. Authorities will investigate the crash to determine what caused the accident and if any actions could have avoided the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board will search and inspect the tour bus for clues, information, and details. The tour group from China had flown from Shanghai. During the visit to the United States, the Chinese tourists visited San Francisco and Las Vegas. The tour bus was heading to the Grand Canyon.
In an Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals decision on January 23, 2009, the Court found that three Rockdale County (Georgia) High School football coaches were entitled to qualified immunity from a lawsuit alleging due process violations. The parents of Tyler Davis filed a lawsuit on behalf of their deceased son who died the morning after a voluntary workout session for the Rockdale County High School football team. The parents alleged that Tyler’s substantive due process rights were violated when the coaches failed to provide enough water to keep Tyler hydrated, ignored signs and Tyler’s complaints of becoming dehydrated, subjected Tyler to rigorous conditioning drills at the end of a two hour practice session, and failed to attend to Tyler until after a team meeting even though he had collapsed in the middle of the drills. The parents alleged that even though the workout was voluntary, Tyler was subject to further discipline from the coaches if he failed to perform all of the exercises and activities in the workout.
In Dallas, Texas, 14 people ranging from newborns to adults were admitted to a local hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. It is believed that a faulty space heater was the cause of the carbon monoxide poisoning. All injury victims from the Dallas, Texas home appeared to be conscious when exiting the home.