Child Injuries
California Child Injury Attorneys
Child Head Injuries • Wrongful Death • Child Fractures
The law firm of Baum & Blake is a leader in holding negligent parties accountable for child injuries or deaths. Attorneys David Baum and Martin Blake have a wealth of experience handling cases involving the death of or serious injuries to children in California as well as throughout the United States and abroad.
Cases involving injuries to children often involve unique issues. Sometimes, because of their age, children behave foolishly. The law often excuses such conduct while requiring adults to be aware of and take precautions against it. On other occasions, children may be severely injured but because of their age, unable to communicate their feelings and suffering. In many cases, the long-term prognosis for an injury to a child is uncertain.
Protecting Children's Financial Awards
Another important aspect of children's cases is that any settlements or judgments the children may obtain must be safely invested until they reach the age of 18 and sometimes later or longer. The court has important supervisory powers over children's investments. Because Baum & Blake have handled many children's cases worth hundreds of thousand and sometimes millions of dollars, they have access to independent financial experts who can advise the clients and the court about the types and suitability of investments so that the children's long term interests can be best protected.
Seeking Justice for Children's Injuries in California and Nationwide
Representative cases include:
The wrongful death of an 8 year old boy who climbed through a hole in a park fence into a construction yard to retrieve a ball that had been kicked over the fence from a playground. A pile of scaffolding collapsed on the boy and crushed him while he was searching for the ball. Investigation established that the fence belonged to the construction company, had been allowed to fall into a state of disrepair and had been used by many children to retrieve balls.
Seventeen year old student, fell from a cliff while on a school-sponsored trip to a national park. Baum & Blake established that the fall occurred, not due to the teenager's inquisitive nature, but due to lack of supervision and the failure to discuss warnings signs that were exhibited elsewhere in the park.
We invite you to review some other child injury cases in our newsletter, the Baum & Blake Report or contact us for a free consultation with our experienced and compassionate injury lawyers.
