If your child has been injured in a car accident: what parents need to know.
After a child car accident injury, it’s your job as a parent to make sure your child gets healthy and gets the proper medical care. The last thing you want to worry about is the legal red tape it will take to defend the rights of your child.
Hiring an experienced child injury attorney will allow you to concentrate on your child’s immediate well-being knowing that your legal counsel will leave no stone unturned while investigating the case of your child’s injury. If your child has been in a car accident or hit by a car, you absolutely must–above all–turn to a child injury lawyer you can trust. Use this car accident injury guide to know what you should expect from the attorney you hire. Also start by watching this video:
A child car accident scene must be documented thoroughly
A child injury attorney needs to get involved in your child’s case immediately to get to the scene quickly and, if necessary, file a court order to secure the state of the scene as it was at the time of injury.
Your child injury lawyer can and, often does, hire a trusted private investigator to collect witness statements. Individual witness statements are often key in the success of your case, so they need to be found right away.
An attorney will also takes care of medical reports and insurance paperwork
A good child injury attorney will make sure you get the necessary medical reports, as well. This is important for legal purposes and to check that there is no internal damage that might affect your child months or years in the future. Child head injuries are one of the most common causes of disability and death in children, so prevention is critical.
What happens to the child car accident settlement amount?
Parents who are considering having a child injury attorney file a lawsuit should know that a judge must approve the settlement amount and all attorney fees and costs. Also, the money is almost always placed in an interest bearing account, only accessible by the injured child after turning 18. However, some money is set aside for current medical expenses. Read more about child injury settlements in a post about a recent case where we won for a child dog bite.
Clearing the way for the best medicine possible
An experienced child injury attorney will know and meet all the necessary legal hurdles on the path to protect your child’s rights. This way parents can focus on what matters most–your injured child. Parental love is the best medicine for an injured child and an experienced child injury lawyer will allow parents to administer as much of that wonderful medicine as possible.
Other related child injury resources for parents:
The Safest Line’s Child Injury Guide
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Child Safety Page
The CDC’s Child Passenger Safety Fact Sheet
Healthy Children’s 2010 Car Safety Seat Information
Has your child been injured? Contact Ken Levinson, a Chicago-based child injury lawyer and child safety advocate, by calling 312-346-9270 or fill out this quick form.
