Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By John Jensen, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Leasburg, North Carolina, a man has been criminally charged with shooting two young children – ages 10 and 7. The Caswell County Sheriff’s Office arrested John Clyde Fuqua, 52, and charged him with the shooting. The children were shot by a shot gun. The news report did not specify the motive or reason that Mr. Fuqua shot the children. While the injuries were not life threatening, the children did suffer personal injuries resulting from the gun shot that required medical care. You can read more about this story at Children Suffer Gunshot Wound Injuries in Leasburg, North Carolina.
In North Carolina, a Pit Bull reportedly chewed the toes off of a 4 month old baby. The mother and her boyfriend have been charged with felony child abuse. The mother (Robie Lyn Jenkins) claims that she was on medication at the time of the incident and did not hear the baby crying during the night. The couple was watching the dog for a friend.
In North Carolina day care centers /child care centers, outdoor learning environments / playgrounds are regulated by the child care rules set forth at 
Day care centers in North Carolina and other states provide children with recreational activities like swimming especially during summer months. Children love to play in and around water. Young children often times do not appreciate the dangers of water. Furthermore, young children lack judgment as to their swimming abilities or lack of swimming abilities. As such, North Carolina has set forth specific staffing requirements for staff ratios when children participate in aquatic activities which include boating, swimming, and visits to water parks. North Carolina day care centers are required to have the following staff ratios in place for aquatic activities:
In North Carolina and other states, it is important for day care centers / child care centers to implement safety measures when transporting children. North Carolina day care centers are regulated by 
In North Carolina and other States, personal injuries to children result from unsafe child care centers / day care centers and negligent supervision. In North Carolina, child care centers are regulated by North Carolina child care centers / day care centers are regulated by 
The United States Department of Health and Human Resources has a website that has a great reference tool for parents and caregivers with children in day care centers and child care centers. Each state regulates day care centers / child care centers through a state specific administrative code and / or policy manual. Go to 
An English teacher in North Carolina faces child pornography charges. The North Carolina State Bureua of Investigation is looking into the acts of a Durham North Carolina teacher who may have participated in the sharing of over 1800 images over the Internet. Through the efforts of law enforcement agents in an undercover online investigation, the computer activity of an internet address linked to Willem J. Pet, a English teacher at Southern High School in Durham, North Carolina, has been linked to photos of underage children engaging in sexual intercourse with adults. The evidence of hundreds of images will be used as part of any state or federal potential future prosecution of Willem Pet and any other individuals engaged in the ownership or dissemination of the child pornography materials.