Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By Ryan E. Alekman, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Massachusetts and other States, parents leave children unattended in a vehicle while running or doing an errand every day. In Fall River, Massachusetts, a father (Michael Monahan) was reported by Fall River Police for leaving his children unattended for a few minutes in a trunk of a vehicle. See Fall River – Massachusetts Father Leaves Children in Trunk While Running an Errand. While it did not appear that the children were physically harmed, leaving children in a trunk of a vehicle to run some errands is not a sensible way to supervise children. In some instances, a child can be harmed by being placed in a trunk of a vehicle. This is especially true when there is extreme cold or hot temperature. If the father forgot about the children and drove off, the children would not be properly restrained for transportation in the trunk of a vehicle.
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 accident reports or incident reports when a child suffers or sustains an injury while attending the day care center under the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C. Chapter 10: 10:122-7.6.). In particular, a day care center is required have a file of record with the following information:
Gwinnett County Police reported an accident involving a death of a teen and personal injuries to two other teens. Tristan Sadler (Age 18) lost control of a 1989 Volvo while driving in a curve. The vehicle hit a drainage ditch and then overturned. Tristan was ejected. It was reported that Tristan was not wearing a seat belt.
In California, traffic signals and devices should be obeyed by drivers. The simple act of running a red light can be quite deadly. In Novato, California, Steven Culbertson, age 19 from Lakeville, California, first hit a car stopped for a light and then drove through the red light and into the intersection. Then, Culbertson in a BMW Mini Cooper crashed into a mini-van occupied by the Maloney family. The father (Johnathan Maloney – age 45), the mother (Susan Maloney – age 42) and two children (Grace and Aiden) died as a result of the impact according to the California Highway Patrol.
n Longmont, Colorado, a crash sent a truck into the front of a Blockbuster Store. Police investigators reported that a Dodge truck crashed into a Subaru Outback. The force of this impact put the Subaru into a curb, then into the Cubby’s Coffee Shop, and finally into the Blockbuster Store. Police reported that Steven Williams (age 37) from Longmont, Colorado sped through the intersection prior to the crash. There were 5 people injured as a result of this crash including: Bruce Kline, Kline’s wife, Kline’s 17 year old daughter, Maricuz Gutierrez, and Steven Williams.
In Louisiana, four children died and seven were critically injured in a van accident. According to a news story reported at 
In New Jersey, child care centers and day care centers are regulated by the Department of Human Resource and the Child Care Licensing Laws. There are specific rules / regulations pertaining to injuries sustained by a child while under the care of the child care center / day care center under the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C. Chapter 10: 10:122-7.6. In particular, a day care center is required to take immediate steps to protect a child from further harm and to contact the parents verbally when certain injuries take place in a child care center. Injuries that must be reported to the parent include:
In Davenport, Iowa, two month old (Chase Kloppenberg) was taken off of life support at Iowa City Hospital according to Sergeant Frankie Wilson with the Davenport Police Department. Brian M. Fix, the mother’s boyfriend, has been charged with the crime of child endangerment causing serious injury. In criminal of this nature, the extent of the criminal charges could be amended in light of the fact that the child died.
