Paying for your special needs child’s medical care can cause great financial hardship, and in some cases it may be difficult to find the funds to pay for all of the treatments and therapies your child may benefit from. But what if your child’s brain injury or cerebral palsy occurred at the fault of another?

If you believe your child’s brain injury or cerebral palsy is the result of someone’s negligence, a defective product, or something else that can be construed as misconduct or failure to act, then a personal injury claim is a potential way to fund your child’s care. A personal injury settlement ensures that the person or organization responsible for your child’s injury takes financial responsibility for it.

Types of Situations in Which a Personal Injury Claim Should be Considered:

• Automobile accidents that are the result of someone else’s negligence.

• Automobile-related defects including those related to seat belts, seat backs, head restraints, airbags, child safety seats, roof crush, side impact failures, and tire blowouts.

• Highway hazards such as poor road design, poor location of telephone poles, improper lighting, improper roadway drainages that leads to slippery and/or icy roads, poor maintenance, lack of medial barriers, and lack of warnings and road signs.

• Recreational injuries such as ATV accidents, swimming pool accidents, trampoline-related accidents, and playground accidents.

• Attractive nuisance accidents, in which something dangerous on a property attracts—and injures—a minor.

• Slips and falls, such as those sustained when floors are made slippery by a foreign substance, or those that occur as a result of improperly designed stairwells and hallways, floors that don’t meet mandated standards of friction, or railings that aren’t up to code.

• Alcohol-related accidents, such as those that occur as a result of an establishment serving alcohol to a person responsible for injuries who showed signs of being intoxicated.

• Defective product accidents, such as those related to baby walkers, toys, helmets, window screens, garage door openers, power car windows, etc.

• Birth-related injuries that are the result of medical negligence such as improper monitoring or testing of the mother during pregnancy, failure to screen or treat infection in the mother and child, misdiagnosis of labor, improper administration of labor-inducing drugs, and Caesarean section delays.

Assessing Responsibility

Sometimes it’s difficult for you, as a parent, to assess who is responsible for your child’s injury. It’s always a good idea to have the situation that resulted in your child’s brain injury or cerebral palsy reviewed by an experienced attorney. Attorneys do not charge money to review your case, and may be able to help you collect compensation that is due to you. An attorney can also ensure that your suit is brought within the statute of limitations.

If you think someone is responsible for your child’s brain injury or cerebral palsy, we can help you get the compensation necessary to ensure your child receives the treatments and therapies she needs. Contact us to find out how we can help.