By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Lexus Campbell, a two-year-old girl recently died at an unlicensed day care in Bertram, Texas. According to a police report, the police responded to a call around 2:45 p.m. stating that a child had fallen from a bed and was unresponsive. The toddler was taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center, in Austin, Texas, where she was pronounced dead.
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A Texas day care center bus crashed into a Ford Excursion on Thursday, September 23. Witnesses at the scene told officers the driver of the bus failed to yield the right of way to the Excursion. The bus was carrying 7 children, a day care teacher and the bus driver. All 7 children and the day care teacher were taken to Metroplex Hospital. Thereafter, one four-year-old female was transferred to Scott & White Memorial Hospital reportedly in serious condition due to a head injury. The bus driver was transported to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. The driver of the Excursion was not transported from the scene. Police are still continuing to investigate the accident. If you would like to read more on this story please see Day care bus accident in Kileen, Texas sends 7 children to the hospital.
By Will Brown, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A former day care worker in Cincinnati, Ohio has been convicted for drugging toddlers to get them to fall asleep. Donna Scott, 42, was charged with three counts of endangering children. Scott and her boss were arrested in March 2009 for giving at least four children at the day care facility the natural supplement and sleep aid melatonin. According to the charges, Scott laced the children’s candy and baby formula with melatonin to get the children to fall asleep faster. These children were given the supplement for over a six-month time frame.
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Jordan Braden Casey, 19, is facing two Texas criminal indictments, each charging him with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The 19-year-old man use to be an employee at Covenant Child Development Center, a child care program for Covenant employees. Covenant says he worked there for 14 weeks, from February 2009 to June 2009. According to police reports, the indictments appear to arise from allegations of sexual assault against two different boys occurring sometime between 2008 and 2010.
By Jonathan Safran, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Evan Coubal, a 6th-grader of Muskego, Wisconsin tragically died from a head injury he sustained after falling off playground equipment. Evan was an athletic boy and had recently sustained a concussion during a youth football game about a week prior to the playground incident. Although Evan took time off from playing football after sustaining the concussion, he was playing around the school’s football sleds during recess. Evan accidentally hit his head on one of the sleds and was immediately rushed to a hospital. He died two days after the accident. If you would like to read more on this story please see 6th grade boy dies from head trauma after injuring himself on playground equipment.
By Will Brown, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Columbus, Ohio, a minivan crashed into the front of Kiddy Grove Daycare Center, a West Side daycare facility, while 40 children were napping. Luckily, no one was injured. According to authorities, the female driver of the minivan told officers that one minute she was in the parking lot and the next she was through the front of daycare. After being interviewed by police, the driver was taken to Doctor’s West to be treated for her personal injuries.
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In North Mankato, Minnesota, the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services recently fined a day care center for failing to follow procedure in contacting 911 regarding the incident. While the State did not find that the day care center were negligent as to the incident itself, the State of Minnesota did fine the facility as to the timeliness of the reporting of the incident to 911.
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Dallas, Texas, a 2 year old (Sir Anthony Smith) was left unattended in the van of a day care center (H.H. Banks Learning Center)- in the heat of Texas. As a result of being left unattended in the day care vehicle for hours, the child died. An autopsy will be performed due to the age and circumstances of the death. It is suspected that the child died from hyperthermia. Deaths like these can be wholly avoided with some common sense and by following some very basic safety precautions. Namely, using a simple checklist and making sure that the day care vehicle is checked and double checked to make sure that all children were removed from the vehicle. The heat in Texas overwhelmed this young and innocent child and ended his short life.
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Tyler, Texas, there was an accident involving the rear end collision of a school bus. Typically, school buses are quite large and a bright yellow color. Despite the size and color of the typical school bus, there continues to be reported incidents of crashed into school buses. Whether the crash involves excessive speeding, driver inattention, or other unsafe driving, all drivers need to a better job of yielding to school buses and keeping a safe distance away from school buses. Furthermore, obey all school zones and slow down in school bus stop areas. School bus accidents similar to the one in Tyler Texas involved a rear end collision that most likely could have been avoided with better driving and less driver distraction. You can read more about this story at 5 Children – 1 Adult Taken to Hospital Following Rear End Collision into School Bus.
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A Pennsylvania school district has settled the case of a student for $33,000. The student through an attorney claimed that her rights were violated when the school principal searched through her mobile phone and found nude photos of the student. Thereafter, the principal turned the phone / photos over to prosecutors. While the $33,000 settlement was reached with the student, the school district denied any wrongdoing or fault for the incident. The ACLU was involved with this case.
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