Maison Law is dedicated to helping children who have been harmed in Delano personal injury accidents. Our lawyers see that children get the best medical care available and make sure parents don’t have to worry about how they’ll pay for that care. Please contact us after an accident involving a child for a free, no-obligation consultation for you and your family.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident Involving My Child?
If your child suffers a serious injury due to someone’s negligence, you should speak to a Delano Child Injury Lawyer as soon as possible. A serious injury can include a bone fracture or a head injury, or even an accident that leaves permanent scarring.
It’s important to rely on the diagnosis of a doctor when deciding when a child is seriously injured. On the scene, the shock of what’s happened may mask the child’s pain and hide an injury. The child may also not be communicative about how they are really feeling. Child patients should be checked out by a family doctor, even if they’ve already been to the emergency room.
When medical costs begin to rise, insurance adjusters are trained to find ways to avoid taking the blame and limiting what they provide to child victims. Your lawyer is a safeguard against these unfair insurance tactics. Your lawyer makes sure children get the care they now and have support for the future when they may experience injury complications.
Child Accident Dangers in Kern County
Parents in Delano do everything they can to keep their children safe from harm. But the fact is, drivers, business owners, and even school officials can make mistakes that put young lives in jeopardy.
Children can be hurt by a reckless driver on Highway 99. A teen bicyclist might be struck by a motorist who is looking at a cellphone screen. A dog owner may get careless and allow a dog to get loose.
These are all specific cases of neglect that can lead to a child being put in harm’s way. Drivers, business owners, school employees, and landlords all owe children a “duty of care.” It means they must act to avoid creating hazards that could hurt a young person. They must also monitor for the dangers that others create on their property and in their stores and clean up or repair them before someone gets hurt.
Property owners and operators, bad drivers, and the City of Delano may be liable for a child’s recovery costs after a careless accident. However, that doesn’t mean they’ll automatically help parents pay doctors’ bills and for other setbacks.
Your lawyer is your safeguard to make sure at-fault parties can’t escape blame. Your lawyer fully investigates your child’s accident and collects all evidence. Then your lawyer files a strong case, backed with evidence, and demands the maximum in compensation possible for your child.
Types of Accidents that Threaten the Safety of Children
The negligence that causes these scary injuries leaves a person, a business owner, or an entire company responsible for the harm caused.
We help parents and children win cases involving these types of accidents and more:
- Car Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Dog Bites
- School and Playground Injuries
- School Bus Injuries
- Daycare Injuries
- Sports Injuries
- Theme Park and Fun Park Injuries
- Injuries While at a Party
- Injuries While at Someone’s Home
- Drowning Accidents
- Wrongful Death
Should I Seek Compensation from a Friend or Family Member?
In some cases, children get hurt while visiting family members or friends. Parents may feel unsure about filing an injury claim against someone they know. This hesitation is understandable, but victims shouldn’t feel like they are targeting loved ones directly.
In most cases, the at-fault person’s car insurance or homeowners insurance would be drawn from and the friend or family member wouldn’t be financially burdened directly. This support can be critical in the child’s ability to recover and for parents to avoid going bankrupt over hospital bills.
Family members pay their insurance premiums for this exact situation. They should want to make sure injured children get the support they need to pay for the best medical care available.
Added Concerns After a Child Is Injured in an Accident
A bone fracture or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can have long-lasting effects on a child’s development. Children could need financial support for care now and money to pay for medical monitoring in the future to make sure an old injury doesn’t affect the maturation process.
A broken bone may appear to heal. But years later, as a teenager’s body approaches adulthood, complications may occur. Surgery could be necessary to make sure an old injury doesn’t affect bone development as the child grows into adulthood.
Maison Law uses testimony from medical experts to calculate the level of support a child could need in the coming years. These possibilities must be included in any settlement offer. If a settlement check won’t see a child through potential problems through their teen years, our lawyers reject those offers. We would go back to the negotiating table and demand more for the child and the child’s family.
What Can My Family Receive Compensation for If My Child Is Injured?
Your lawyer works to secure every benefit possible while giving injured children and their parents the time they need to heal and recover in peace.
Your Maison Law representative would demand support for an injured child sure to list every current damage and get estimates on potential hardships in the future.
Your lawyer demands support for all economic losses for your family but also includes some hardships you may not have realized could contribute to an accident settlement check:
- Hospital and rehabilitation cost totals.
- Estimates on lifelong support for a long-term disability or a disfigurement. The fact that a child still has many years of life left would only increase the amount of compensation an insurance company would be expected to provide.
- Support for physical pain the child endures and the chronic pain that lingers.
- Support for emotional trauma. Children can suffer long-lasting psychological effects after a frightening accident.
- Totals on travel costs to and from doctor visits and to see out-of-state child medical care specialists.
- Totals on your lost paychecks and benefits while parents must miss work to care for a child.
- Wrongful Death Benefits. Parents who tragically lose a child due to someone’s negligence are empowered to seek support. A wrongful death claim seeks money to help pay for funeral costs and leftover medical bills. Parents should also receive support for the loss of companionship they’ll have to cope with in the years to come.
Contact a Delano Child Injury Lawyer
After your child has suffered a serious injury caused by someone’s carelessness, contact a skilled Delano Child Injury Lawyer to discuss your case, free of charge. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out about all the benefits available to you and how to hold an insurance company fully responsible.
Maison Law compassionately protects child victims and their families and makes sure they receive every benefit available to rebuild their lives. That means we work hard to cause as little disruption to family life as possible during the claims process. We handle the sometimes frustrating battle with insurance companies so children can focus on healing.
Parents don’t need to worry about how they’ll pay for legal representation for their child. Maison Law doesn’t charge any upfront fees for taking your case. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for your child. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money your family receives.
