By David M. Baum, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Aquan Lewis, a 5th grader at Oakton Elementary School, was found hanging from a hook by a school janitor in the bathroom. The boy was pulled off the hook and was lying on the floor when the janitor entered the restroom.
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A 49 year old teacher was arrested for having sex with one of her 14 year old students. The teacher, Rosana Brown, used modern technology to lure the student to a hotel room. Brown text messaged the boy to meet her at a hotel room. The 49 year old text messages showed that she was portraying herself for a sexually active teenager. No amount of technology could disguise the real life Rosana Brown for a school teacher. The boy telephoned his mother after the sexual encounter and informed his mother that he had sex with a teacher. The mother then convinced her son to tell her where the teacher was so that the mother could confront the teacher. That must have been an interesting and uncomfortable situation. Ms. Brown’s teaching days appear to be over based on the facts as reported. It appears that her future days will involve incarceration. You can read more about this story at Arizona Teacher Lures Boy to Hotel for Sex – Arrest of Teacher Follows.
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
New York day care and child care centers are regulated by the New York Office of Children and Family Services. Pursuant to Section 418-1.8, Supervision of Children, New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), child care centers must employ staff sufficient to meet the minimum standards for staff to children ratios.
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
In Mission Viejo, California, a 4 year old girl (Kayley Ishii) died as a result of blunt force trauma. Kayley apparently climbed into a front loading washing machine. Thereafter, it is suspected that her toddler brother may have hit a start switch or button. Since the entry into the washing machine was only 20 inches from the floor and the start button was accessible to a young child as well, this tragedy took place.
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
While doing charitable work, delivering meals to the elderly in New York, 61 year old Ronald Marcink struck the rear of a school bus and died. Fortunately, the school bus had no students at the time and the bus driver was not injured. So it was a strange twist of fate that while helping the elderly, Mr. Marcink lost his own life, and yet by luck, his accident, which could have been catastrophic, injured no one else.
By Stephanie Brown and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A San Diego, California jury awarded parents $16 million in a medical malpractice case where the parents’ child died during delivery. The parents alleged that the doctors not only committed medical malpractice but also concealed the baby’s true cause of death in the autopsy report. The parents claimed that they were told that their baby died of lung disease when in fact, the baby died of asphyxia caused by umbilical cord strangulation while the baby was lodged in the birth canal.
By Stephanie F. Brown and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
Cobb County, Georgia police arrested a stepmother who provided alcohol to four teenagers at her home. One of the teenagers was killed later that night in an automobile accident when the car he was driving crossed the center line and collided with another car. Garrett Reed, a junior at Harrison High School, was killed in the accident in which Cobb County police believe alcohol and speed were contributing causes.
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
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By Stephanie Brown and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
A nonprofit consumer group, Consumers Union, is opposed to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to permit infant formulas manufactured in the United States to be sold when the formula is contaminated with melamine or its byproducts. The FDA detected melamine and its byproduct cyanuric acid separately in four out of 89 containers of infant formula tested in the fall of 2008, including Nestle Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron and Mead Johnson’s Enfamil LIPIL with Iron. The FDA, however, authorized sale of the formulas because melamine and cyanuric acid were not found together in the formulas. According to the FDA, dangerous effects can occur only when both melamine and cyanuric acid are present.
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
New York day care and child care centers are regulated by the New York Office of Children and Family Services. Pursuant to Section 418-1.5, Safety, New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), child care centers must maintain and utilize playground equipment like slides, swings, and climbing equipment according to manufacturer specifications and instruction. The playground equipment must be kept in good repair. In addition, the playground equipment must be age / developmentally appropriate for the child care center children.
