By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network While the total number of children being suspended or expelled has actually dropped in recent years, a study from Great Britain shows that children with special needs, those who qualify for free lunch programs, and those from ethnic minorities are…
Articles Posted in Crimes Against Children
Jacksonville, Florida – Mother of Two Beats Child To Death With Fly Swatter While Babysitting
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Two-year-old Amara Ou, of St. Johns County, Florida, was murdered in her babysitter’s Mandarin, Florida home nearly three years ago. The child was beaten with the handle of a fly swatter, and died of severe head trauma at Wolfson Children’s…
Great Falls, Montana – Teachers’ Aids (Julie Parish and Kristina Marie Kallies) Accused of Abusing Autistic and Other Special Needs Children
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Five families from Great Falls Montana believe that their special needs children were severely abused by the 7th and 8th grade special needs classroom teacher aids at North Middle School. Tragically, the children’s special needs – autism, cerebral palsy and…
Alamo, Tennessee – Owner Pleads Guilty to Neglect Charges after Daycare Fire
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In December 2008, an electrical space heater caused a fire at the Heavenly Angels Daycare in Alamo, Tennessee. The fire injured three children: two two-year olds and a three-year old. The children were rescued from the fire by Alamo Assistant…
Panama City Beach, Florida – Parents on Drug Binge Wrap Injured Child in Duct Tape
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network The Bay County Florida Sheriff’s office reported that a baby who suffered a head injury was wrapped in duct tape and left to suffer while his parents “tweaked” on crystal meth. The parents, John Paul Huskey and Jessica Huskey have…
Orosi, California – Mother Found Guilty of Child Abuse, Murder
By Scott A. Marks, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network It took less than one hour for a Tulare County jury to return a guilty verdict in this shocking California case. Nancy Ortiz, 24, of Orosi, California was found guilty on second degree murder and…
Study Shows That Over Half of Children in the United States are Exposed to Violence
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A newly released US government survey, Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey, has revealed that 60% of American children under the age of eighteen have been exposed to violence in the last year. For nearly 50% of the…
Corporal Punishment and Child’s IQ – Is There a Relationship Between Spanking and IQ?
By Kevin Leach, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In the United States, there has been a debate for years as to the parents right to inflict corporal punishment upon their child. Some parents use corporal punishment because that is the way the parent was…
Wisconsin Lawmakers Seek to Crack Down on Fraudulent Day Care Providers
By Jonathan Safran, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Wisconsin and other States, public funds are being paid to day care provider / child care providers who do not follow regulations and even misrepresent the number of children in the program as well as…
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee – Father Allegedly Breaks 4-month-old Son’s Arm
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Philip Blake Putnam, 22, was charged with aggravated child abuse after his son was taken to the hospital with a broken arm. While the baby is still in the hospital and is showing signs of improvement, Putnam remains in jail.…