Category Archives: Child Injuries
Five Kinds of Child Injuries in South Carolina
The child serious injury and death rate has increased significantly in recent years. Today, unintentional injuries seriously injure or kill thousands of children every year. The tortfeasors (negligent actors) in the below examples usually don’t intend the result. They normally don’t intend to hurt children. But their negligence is usually intentional. Therefore, they’re responsible… Read More »
Child Passengers Face Higher Injury Risks In South Carolina
State law only requires children two and under to be in rear-facing car seats. But the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all infants and toddlers sit in rear-facing car safety seats for as long as possible, usually until they have outgrown the seat’s height and weight limitations, and usually until at least age four…. Read More »
Playground Injuries In South Carolina
Playgrounds aren’t always fun and games. Every year, emergency room doctors treat about 200,000 children who were injured at playgrounds. Most of these injuries are falls. Serious fall injuries are especially common on older playgrounds which don’t have the proper rubber or other protective surfaces. A few less common types of playground injuries are… Read More »
