Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Benjamin A. Klopman, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Officials in Howard, County Maryland voted to ban the use of tanning beds at salons / businesses by children under the age of 18. Child and health advocates argue that such tanning beds present a significant health risks to children as those exposed to tanning beds at a younger age may have an increased risk for the onset of skin cancer. Tanning business advocates and others may argue that tanning beds are safer alternative to the beach and that the medical evidence is far from certain as to statistics for cancer and other health risks.
Many of us can remember our parents telling us not to jump on the bed when we were kids. It turns out that they were not just being spoilsports; a vigorous bed jumping session in Massachusetts recently started a house fire that burned down two homes and damaged a neighboring apartment building. The blaze did not seriously injure anyone, but the homes destroyed were three-family residences and the apartment building had to be evacuated as well, so it left thirty-three people homeless just in time for the state’s first snowfall.
In New Jersey, child care centers and day care centers are regulated by the Department of Human Resources and the Child Care Licensing Laws. There are specific rules / regulations pertaining to vehicle related safety practices under the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C. Chapter 10: 10:122-9.5).
Infants and babies are at risk for injury when co-sleeping and alcohol combine. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a 6 day old baby died when the mother fell asleep or passed out on the couch at home. Rose Prescott, age 30, informed police that she may have fallen asleep on the couch after consuming alcohol earlier in the day. It was reported that the death of the child (Celianna) happen to be the third co-sleeping death in the immediate family.
