Personal Injury Attorneys Las Vegas

Child Injuries & Child Abuse Overview

Injuries and abuse present serious threats to the health and well-being of children.  If your child has been injured or abused, you may be able to seek justice and obtain compensation for the wrongs your family and your child have suffered as a result of accidental injury or child abuse.  Your legal remedies could include either money damages or restitution for the wrongs inflicted or both.

Children Face High Risks

Children are at high risk for many injuries that can lead to physical or mental disability or death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for U.S. children from ages one to 14.
• Every year, injuries to children ages 14 and under resulted in over 200,000 hospitalizations, more than 2.3 million visits to hospital outpatient departments and 17 million visits to physician's offices.
• Injuries are the second leading cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of emergency room visits among children under 14.  
• The annual cost of child injury deaths in United States is an estimated $34.5 billion.

Defective Products

Defective products, including infant car seats and carriers, high chairs, children’s toys and strollers are a leading cause of injury and death to thousands of children in the United States each year. Manufacturers and others responsible for the production of children’s products have an obligation to pursue design alternatives that will reduce the likelihood of injuries to children, and may be financially liable under product liability for injuries suffered by your child as a result of defective or dangerous products.

Las Vegas Product Liability Lawyers

If your child has been injured by a defective children’s product, you are entitled to pursue monetary recovery for your child’s injuries.  As you only have a certain amount of time to file a defective product liability claim under the law, it is important for you to contact a Las Vegas product liability lawyer immediately to discuss your child’s injuries and the possibility of recovering monetary damages.

Abuse of Children

Research reveals that one in three girls and one in five boys will experience some form of abuse by the age of eighteen. It could happen in your child’s school or in your church.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), reports hundreds of allegations of school personnel using restraint and seclusion in abusive ways on children over the last twenty years.

Sex offenders often use church settings to obtain access to minors.  In some churches, they are allowed to work with children and adolescents and thus are given an opportunity to sexually victimize innocent youngsters.

Las Vegas Injury Lawyers

Nevada defines child abuse by statute, and the law determines the grounds for State intervention in the protection of a child's well-being. Laws require health care professionals such as doctor, nurses, social workers, and other professionals such as teachers and counselors that work with children to report substantiated accounts of abuse to authorities within a specific time period.  An experienced attorney can help you and your family to pursue your rights against abusers of your children.

If you believe your child has been injured or abused you may need the help of an experienced Personal Injury attorney.  Call the Oronoz Injury Law offices at 702-878-2889 to schedule a free consultation.