As a Bellevue child injury attorney, I am aware that serious injuries to children present unique issues that are different from other personal injury cases. One example of how the two types of cases are different is the fact that in child injury cases, the parent or guardian must file a claim on behalf of the child. Serious injuries to children come with life-long effects on the child and family such as medical bills and added stress. The attorney who represents the child and their family must be willing to go out of their way to make the legal process easy to understand to alleviate the stress associated with a child injury, and must be aware of the future costs that an accident involving a child can incur.
For children ages 2 to 14 the leading cause of injury death is car accidents, with 250,000 injured children every year according to a study done by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis. In some cases, it is very difficult to protect a child from an accident caused by a negligent driver. Proper use and installment of a child safety restraint has saved numerous children