Maison Law is dedicated to helping children who have been harmed in Oildale 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 My Child Is Injured?
If your child suffers a serious injury due to someone else’s carelessness, having an Oildale personal injury lawyer can help make sure a young victim receives what they need in support now and down the road.
Unfortunately, an accident that might cause only a minor injury to an adult victim can be much more serious for a child. An injury such as a broken bone or head trauma can cause major problems now and developmental problems in the future as they mature.
Your Maison Law attorney investigates the accident and collects every shred of evidence available. Then your lawyer holds the at-fault individual or business fully accountable for what happened. This powerful evidence helps keep insurance companies from changing the facts of the case. They hope to shift the blame to the child or get away with providing less in support than is needed for the victim to make a full recovery. Your lawyer is your safeguard against this unfair treatment.
Child Accident Dangers in Oildale
Oildale is a community of families and we all must do as much as possible to keep our children safe at home and out and about. Unfortunately, drivers, business owners, landlords, school officials, and others can get careless and put young lives at risk.
It can happen along a busy street like Chester Avenue where distracted drivers can smash into the back of family vehicles, or strike school children while they cross the street. A dog owner at the park may let a dog off a leash leading to a painful bite on a child’s forearm. A manager at Walmart might leave a puddle on an aisle floor that causes a child to slip and fall and hit the hard tile.
These are all acts of negligence that can lead to a child being put in harm’s way. Everyone in Oildale owes children a “duty of care.” It means property and business owners, dog owners, motorists, and others must avoid creating hazards that could endanger a young life. 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.
These are just a few of the types of accidents caused by negligence that help children and their families secure support for:
- 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
- Medical Malpractice
- Drowning Accidents
- Wrongful Death
Property and business owners, bad drivers, and Oildale and Kern County officials 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 files a strong case, backed with evidence, and demands the maximum in compensation possible for your child.
Who Can I Sue If My Child Gets Hurt?
Under California’s personal injury laws, any negligent party that contributes to your child’s injury or death can be held responsible for recovery costs and other hardships suffered by the victim’s family.
There are many individuals and entities that are required to look after a child’s safety. When they ignore this duty, or simply become careless, families can seek full compensation for whatever a young victim needs to recover physically, financially, and emotionally.
These are just a few of the parties that may be financially responsible after an accident:
- Reckless Drivers
- Property owners
- Store and Restaurant Owners
- Business Owners
- Landlords
- Dog Owners
- Pool Owners and Operators
- The Standard School District
- The Kern County School District
- The City of Bakersfield
In some cases, there may be multiple parties responsible for your child’s injury. If this were the case, your Maison Law child accident lawyer would be filing multiple claims against multiple at-fault individuals or businesses. This would give your family a better chance to receive support that covers every single damage your child and your family have endured and will endure.
Seeking Extra Support for a Child After a Personal Injury 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 recklessness 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 an Oildale Child Injury Lawyer
After your child has suffered a serious injury caused by someone’s carelessness, contact a skilled Oildale 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.
