By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In the United States, schools have budgetary problems that have resulted in the slashing of physical education and recess programs. Some studies suggest that an active child, who gets some breaks during the school day for recess and / or…
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Two year old Olivia Raspanti choked on a carrot and died last year while attending the Carousel Day School in Hicksville, New York. Olivia apparently took the carrot from a teacher’s bag and tried to eat…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network When parents send their children off to school every day, they do not always know what goes on in the classroom until report cards come out or it becomes time for parent teacher conferences. But having a healthy relationship with…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network During the summer months it seems pretty easy to keep in tune with your children. Sports activities, family vacations, and days at the pool help create a strong family bond. But once they leave for that first day of school…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Heavy fog had reduced visibility on Highway 15 in Dassel, Minnesota to an eighth of a mile, when a truck slammed into the back of a school bus stopped at the intersection. Seventeen Dassel-Cokato school children were on board; eight…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network According to the U.S. Defense Department, around 220,000 service members have dependents with Special Needs. But tending to a Special Needs child can be very difficult for military families. Every time the family is transferred to a different school district,…
By David M. Baum, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network An Illinois Court of Appeals recently upheld the right of an Autistic child, Carter Kalbfleisch, to bring his service dog to school. The court upheld an earlier ruling by the Monroe County Court that allowed…
By Kevin Leach, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A New Hampshire organization called the Commission to Prevent Childhood Obesity recently presented fourteen recommendations for preventing childhood obesity to New Hampshire governor, John Lynch. The recommendations are: 1. For New Hampshire to create statewide rules…
By David M. Baum, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Monique Manjarrez was recently called to pick up her twelve year old autistic son, Jeremy, from Kachina elementary School in Peoria, Illinois. Ms. Manjarrez was told by school administrators that she should pick Jeremy up…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Zachary Christie, a six-year-old first-grader, was suspended and was facing 45 days in an alternative school for troublemakers for taking his favorite camping utensil to school. The utensil was a combination knife/fork/spoon that the child had planned to use to…