Let me tell you a story about a young boy named Anthony. He just learned how to get up and down the stairs without holding his mother’s hand. Climbing the stairs on his own is about the best thing in his life right now, and he’s quite the boaster about it. Today, Anthony is at his friend’s house for a play date. The friend’s father recently got laid off at work, though of course the children don…

When you’re the parent of a child you expect minor scrapes and bruises to happen from time to time, but when serious injuries occur parents may find themselves at a loss as to what action they should take. The most important thing is for parents to get their child medical attention immediately, and after any treatment is complete parents can begin the process of determining who is respo…

A Houston Independent School District bus rear-ended a car on Highway 288 near Holmes Road at around 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday. As a result, six students were taken to hospitals. The bus was on its way to Rice, MacGregor and Lockhart elementary schools with almost 40 children on board. The woman in the car in front of the bus slammed her brakes after another vehicle cut her off. The bus was not abl…

Sending a child to school is an act of trust. Parents expect that while their children are learning, they are being supervised and kept safe from harm. However, accidents happen, from playground falls to sports injuries and bus collisions. When a child is hurt, the first question many parents ask is: What can you sue a school for? The answer is more complex than a standard personal injury case…

When a child is injured parents often lose their ability to stay calm and begin looking for any person or thing towards which they can direct their anger and blame for their child being injured. While this anger is often justifiable, showing it while the child is still injured does little to help the situation and may even make matters worse. There are a few steps parents can take to en…

It is not hard to find children who are eager for the chance to jump on a trampoline for the first time, and it is usually parents who are the reason some children never take part in this activity. The fear that parents have is not unreasonable, as there are 98,000 injuries every year that can be directly attributed to the use of a trampoline. The way in which these accidents occur is n…