Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
It has been reported that approximately 8000 children are seen and treated in emergency rooms every day. That is a truly significant statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When a child is injured as a result of a fall at a day care center, school, or summer camp, is there a cause of action, claim, or case that can be pursued? The answer to this question is not so simple. It really depends on the facts and circumstances. A child care provider is not liabile every time that a child is injured as a result of a fall or another incident. There are inherent risks any time that a child engages in physical activity. For instance, a child could trip running to first base. This can happen. A child could fall while playing on the playground. This also could happen. However, if a child care provider was negligent and the injury was preventable, that is another story. Let’s say children are playing on swings and create a game in which the child wins if he or she jumps the furthest from the swing in mid air. This game goes on for 45 minutes when a boy jumps off the swing high and far and breaks his leg. This was a dangerous activity for the group of 7 years old. Appropriate and reasonable supervision would have prevented the game from moving forward and the incident and resulting injuries would have been avoided. Here are some factors to consider in evaluating a fall incident as a potential case:
According to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina, a five-year-old child sustained significant head injuries after the child fell from a second-story window in the Haven Oaks Apartments. Apparently, the child was trying to close the window when the fall occurred. Officials said the child sustained a head injury from the fall and was found bleeding from the nose and mouth. The child was taken to the hospital. If you would like to read more on this story please see 
Rev. John Jenkins, President of Notre Dame University, has recently admitted responsibility in the tragic death of Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old student videographer at the university. Sullivan was killed when a hydraulic lift he was on toppled over while he was filming an outdoor football practice. The National Weather Service reported gusts up to 51 mph on the day the incident occurred.
A 3-year-old child was injured in Montcalm County, Michigan after falling in the child’s family barn. According to officers, the child was playing inside the barn when he feel 8 to 10 feet onto a cement floor. According to police, the 3-year-old sustained a serious head injury. The young boy was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is listed in serious condition. Deputies have ruled this incident an accident. If you would like to read more on this story please see 
A mother’s piercing screams brought the Washington state high school wrestling championships to a sudden halt in Tacoma recently. The woman’s seventeen month old child had just slipped through a gap in the bleachers at the Tacoma Dome, and had fallen twenty to thirty feet to the concrete below.
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In Ohio and other States, children and students enjoy the amenities and sites of state and national parks every day. Unfortunately, many students and children are injured in these parks. Some even die. In Cambridge, Ohio, a college student (Amy Adams) from Muskingum College recently died. She was hiking at a park in eastern Ohio when she fell from a cliff at Hosak’s Cave. She was air lifted to Akron General Hospital where she died. Park officials state that Amy wandered off of a marked trail to get to the top of the cliff.
Parents, schools, and organizations rent bounce houses every day. Yes, bounce houses can be fun but they can also be dangerous. Bounce houses are known to be a common area where personal injuries to children take place. When renting a bounce house, parents, schools, and organizations should be careful in which company / operator is selected. The following issues / questions should be considered: