Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David A. Wolf
Child Injury Lawyer Blog
Working parents do their best to support the family. In doing so, working families need the services of day care centers. Most day care centers are well run by caring individuals. However, there are many day care incidents and wrongful death incidents out there that do and should cause concern for all working parents which children enrolled in a day care center. When a child dies, there are in many instances more questions than answers and sensible explanations for the death of the child. It should be made clear that an infant and toddler at a day care center need supervision at all times including sleep and nap time. When a child mysteriously dies at a day care center, there is typically an investigation by local law enforcement and the social service agency that licenses day care centers. An autopsy should be performed to help determine the cause and preventability of the death of the child.
Tragically, Sandy Hook Elementary School was recently the site of one of the deadliest and senseless school shootings in U.S. history. It has been reported that 20 children and 6 adults were murdered at the school. See 
In Connecticut and other States, children are enrolled in day care centers to allow their parents to work their jobs. Many day care centers are well run and do a wonderful job of supervising and caring for the children in the day care center program. Unfortunately, at times, children are the victims of poor care, inadequate supervision, and, in some cases, abuse and neglect by the very same day care center providers who are responsible for their care. When a child is abused or neglected at a Connecticut Day Care Center, it is often times helpful to consult with a Child Injury Lawyer to determine the respective rights to compensation and damages of the injured child.
In Connecticut, police arrested a convicted sex offender for having child pornography including photographs and images on a computer. Due to the large number of images located (20,000 – Twenty Thousand), it appears unlikely that the images were accidentally downloaded or mistakenly placed on the computers. Of course, the criminal defendant (Charles Heaton – age 60) in this case will be entitled to the services of a public defender or a private criminal defense attorney.
In Connecticut and other states, parents take their children to day care centers with the expectation that their children will be safe. Unfortunately, incidents and accidents happen in day care centers in Connecticut that cause personal injuries to children or put them at risk. In Stamford, Connecticut, it was reported that the driver of a minivan mistakenly crashed her vehicle into the day care center. Apparently, she mistook the gas / acceleration pedal for the brake at the time of the incident. Fortunately, there were no personal injuries reported from this incident. See 