By Scott A. Marks, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network On June 17, the Supreme Court of California ruled a homeowner accused of negligently failing to supervise her son, thus enabling him to repeatedly molest a child at the mother’s home, may be entitled to…
By Jonathan Safran, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Joshua J. Werner, a 25-year-old Wisconsin man, was sentenced in Wood County Circuit Court to 1 ½ years in prison and another 7 ½ years for second-degree reckless injury of a child. Wood County Judge, James…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A Caldwell, Idaho man, Bryan Sears, will serve at least 3 years before he is eligible for parole repeated acts of abuse on a 2-year-old child. Sears was sentenced to 10 years in prison, ordered to have no contact with…
By John Jensen, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Judy Alvis Harper, 60, former owner of the Palmer-Leigh Small World Day Care Centerin Greensboro, North Carolina, will spend a minimum of 16 months in jail for the death of 16-month-old, Jackson Edmonds. Edmonds died of…
By Ryan E. Alekman, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A Massachusetts couple, Edwine Louissaint, age 33, of Dedham and David Augustin, age 34, of Milton left their children, ages 1 and 10-years-old, alone in a vehicle in a Foxwoods Resort Casino parking garage. Louissaint…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network “Sexting,” a relatively new social phenomenon, has left eight Pennsylvania high school students with a felony pornography charge. The age of the Pennsylvania students ranged from ages 13-17. The students were accused of using their cell phones to take, send,…
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A Texas state inspection revealed that in April 2008, staff workers at Daystar, a center for distressed children 30 miles south of Houston, provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight. The staged fight resulted in…
By Kevin Leach, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Spanking a child for disobedience has been used for generations. However, the lines separating child punishment and child abuse are becoming increasingly blurred when spanking is used for child disobedience. For example a Portsmouth woman was…
By Scott A. Marks, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Parents hire babysitters to watch and supervise their children. In most instances, the babysitter does a great job and there are no problems during the babysitting job. Unfortunately, there have been many incidents reported in…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Minnesota and other States, parents and child care givers should refrain from corporal punishment. In many instances, an angry parent or caregiver can get out of control. Tempers combined with poor judgment can lead to serious personal injuries and…