By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Unfortunately Mississippi has been ranked as the State with the highest rate of child deaths in the nation. This is a distinction or ranking that no State would ever relish or want. The Child Death Review…
Articles Posted in Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi – Father (Robert Owen) Accuses Teacher (Betty Levy) of Holding Child’s Head under Water
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Robert Owen’s eight year old daughter Kaylan came home from school the other day with some shocking news. She said that her teacher, Betty Levy, became annoyed when the child got up to wash her hands…
Dr. Shannon Smith – Mississippi Pediatric Rehabilitation Doctor Urges for ATV Helmet Law
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Mississippi and other states, emergency rooms and pediatricians are called upon to treat children who suffer head injuries as a result of an ATV accident or incident. Dr. Shannon Smith is a pediatric rehabilitation doctor…
Former Day Care Worker Pleads Guilty to Molesting Children at New Beginning’s Day Care Center in Moselle. Mississippi
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A former day care worker at the New Beginning’s Day Care Center in Moselle, Mississippi pleaded guilty to charges of child molestation and sexual battery. Derrick Williams (age 23) received the maximum criminal sentence according to…
Terry, Mississippi – Girl Killed by Pit Bull Owned by Family Member
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Six year old Anastasia Bingham of Terry, Mississippi was on her way home from a friend’s house when she was attacked by an unrestrained pit bull that was kept in a doghouse behind one of the…
Dangers of Drowning – George County Death of 10 Month Old in Bath Tub
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Mississippi and other States, most homes have a bath tub. Many parents may not realize that a bath tub is very dangerous to small children. Drownings in bath tubs continue to be reported. All children…
National Study on Family Out of Pocket Expenses for Special Needs Children
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A new study done by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and partially funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, has quantified the extra financial burden carried by low-income families with a special needs…
Ocean Springs, Mississippi Residents Upset Over Meth Arrest at Day Care Center
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Mississippi and other states, people run businesses out of their homes. Some businesses are day care centers. Typically, caring individuals and family operate home based day care centers. Unfortunately, there are other day care operators…
Mississippi Parents Lose Temporary Custody of Their Children For Making Methamphetamine
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Parents making methamphetamine has caused them to lose all three of their children. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department arrested George Vincent and Amber Driscoll for felony child endangerment. A relative came and picked the children up.…
Two School Buses Crash in Rideland Mississippi
By Jay Foster, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network In Mississippi and other states, school buses travel streets, highways, and roadways in groups. In other words, school buses follow each other while heading out to field trips, school drop offs, and school pick ups. Since…