Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Stephanie Brown and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Georgia and Other States, children are injured in day care centers every day. Some incidents result from normal childhood play and development. Other personal injuries, however, result from negligence and / or the failure of the staff to properly supervise, the infant, toddler, or child in the day care center. Pursuant to Chapter 290-2-2-.10, Record Keeping and Reporting, Rules and Regulations for the State of Georgia, a Georgia day care center must prepare and maintain documentation for incidents requiring professional medical attention (medical care) other than simple first aid by the day care center staff. The documentation for the incident must include the following:
In Maryland child care centers, it is vital that the child care center have adequate and appropriate staffing in place to properly supervise the children in the facility. Like other States, Maryland has staff ration requirements set for in the child care / day care regulations. Pursuant to 
By Stephanie Brown and David Wolf, Attorney
Sophia Worsham of Denton Texas died at a home based day care center in Denton recently. The Texas day care center / child care center (Too Kool 4 School Kids Club Day Care) had a license for a capacity of 12. According to news reports, there were 30 children in the facility at the time of Sophia’s death. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
The Alabama Safety Belt Use Act of 1991 (“ASBUA”), codified at 32-5b-1, is Alabama’s primary law that governs safety belt use. This law requires every adult front seat occupant of a passenger car to have a safety belt fastened to their body while the vehicle is in motion. “Adult” was emphasized because Alabama law imposes a different set of requirements on the parents of small children riding with them in a vehicle. This makes perfect sense. Because a child’s body is significantly smaller in size and weight, it cannot be properly restrained by the same safety belt intended for a full grown adult. To make matters worse, fastening a child in an adult restraint could cause even more severe bodily harm / personal injuries to a child in an automobile accident. For these and other reasons, Alabama’s primary safety belt law refers us to a completely different code section at 32-5-222 which specifically governs child safety restraints. You can read this code section and others at the