Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
According to the National Safety Council, thousands of children are injured and hundreds are killed annually due to farming-related hazards. West Virginia farmers deal with two different circumstances in which children are injured on the farm. John Miller, a West Virginia University Ohio County Extension Agent said the first issue involved children who grow up and work on the farm, and the second pertained to children who visit the farm. Regardless of the circumstance, all children should be educated about the possible dangers on a farm.
In the summer time, there are many rafting trips organized throughout the United States. Many of which are run through summer camps for children and / or private tour companies. One such trip turned tragic on the Ocoee River. Andrew Silverstein drowned during the rafting trip. The incident was investigated. It was reported that the raft overturned and then Andrew was pulled under the water. During the summer, Andrew was a camper at Camp Ramah Darom which is based in the State of Georgia. When Andrew was thrown out of the raft, his leg became stuck under a rock. It was certainly a tragic run of events that led to the death of Andrew Silverstein.
Minnesota law now requires day care workers take a CPR course before working with children. The new law is called “Hannah’s Law”. Hannah’s law requires that all Minnesota day care center personnel, including teachers, assistants and staff who transport children, be CPR certified. The law came about as a result Hannah Kozitza’s death last summer, a four-year-old who suddenly choked on a grape at a day care center in North Mankato, Minnesota.
Police officials in Clayton County, Georgia investigated the death of a 2 year old girl (Jazmin Green) and received authority to make three arrests just one day following the unfortunate, tragic, and preventable death. Authorities arrested Marlo Maria Fallings, Quantabia Shantell Hopkins, and a juvenile. The charges included the following: involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children, and reckless conduct involving the death of Jazmin Green. Jazmin Green went on a field trip with other children from the Marlo’s Magnificent Early Learning Center near Jonesboro, Georgia. The simple field trip to Chuck E. Cheese resulted in the death of an innocent 2 year old girl.
In Clayton County, Georgia, a 2 year old toddler died after being left in a day care center van during a field trip to Chuck E. Cheese. The child was alone in the day care center van while the staff and other children were inside the restaurant / entertainment facility known as Chuck E. Cheese. When the child was later found, she was transported to Southern Regional Medical Center but she did not survive the hyperthermia / heat exposure of being left in the day care center van. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and preventability of this child’s death but it appears that the child died as a result of the unbearable heat of the summer in Georgia which was made much worse by being left in the day care center van.
In Columbia, South Carolina, a two month investigation by WLTX uncovered what parents should know about their child’s safety in daycares. WLTX found that several day care facilities had issues noted by the Department of Social Services (DSS). There were a variety of issues listed: unsafe facilities, abusive treatment of children, lack of supervision, serving expired milk to infants, and caregivers listening inappropriate music and watching soap operas in the presence of children.
Energy drinks are beverages that are marketed as products that they “boost energy.” These advertisements usually do not emphasize energy derived from the sugar they contain but rather increased energy release due to a variety of stimulants and vitamins. A new study said that energy drinks such as Red Bull, AMP and Rockstar have no health value and may even harm some children and teens.