Justice After Improperly Fastened Furniture Injures Girl

Justice After Improperly Fastened Furniture Injures Girl at Apartment Complex

A young girl and her mother were at an apartment complex bathroom with a single stall when a terrifying incident occurred. The mother had just stepped outside when she heard a loud noise. She rushed back in and found her young daughter on the floor with a cabinet on top of her head. (The cabinet had been hanging above the toilet just moments earlier.)

The mother cleared the debris off her daughter and then rushed her to a local emergency room to be evaluated for injuries. Doctors diagnosed the young girl with a concussion and other injuries.

Once the girl began her medical treatments, her mother contacted our experienced Texas child injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm. We teamed up with another firm in Houston to get justice for the girl and her mother. Together, we secured a life-changing result.

How Was the Child in This Case Injured in an Apartment Complex Bathroom?

Following the incident, it was discovered that there was a loose nail holding up the cabinet above the toilet in the bathroom. The cabinet was too heavy to be supported by it, causing it to fall on top of the little girl, along with a shelf that was hanging on the wall in between.

Doctors in the emergency room diagnosed the little girl with a concussion, but were concerned about possible brain damage after the little girl suffered a seizure while in their care. While they first hesitated to run a CT scan due to the radiation exposure at her young age, the procedure was necessary to the severity of her head injury.

How Was the Little Girl in This Case Able to Move Forward?

Premises liability laws cover incidents that involve someone being harmed because of an unsafe condition or hazard on another person’s property, such as an apartment complex bathroom. In this case, the cabinet in the restroom was not properly installed: It was held up by a single nail and had become loose. The property owner had a duty to frequently inspect the property to identify and fix hazards such as the unstable cabinet.

Since that did not happen, and the little girl was severely injured, our two law firms fought tirelessly to hold the property owner accountable for their failures. Through our teamwork, we triumphed in getting justice for the little girl and her mother. They were able to move forward with a life-changing result that compensated them for the girl’s medical treatments and traumatizing experience.

Contact The Button Law Firm If Your Child Was Seriously Injured Anywhere in Texas

If your child was severely injured, contact our experienced child injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm. With offices in Dallas, Houston, and Midland, we are ready to listen, fight for your family, and help your family move forward. Our lawyers at The Button Law Firm are recognized on the prestigious Texas Super Lawyers list, and we can help guide you after a traumatizing incident involving your child. We work on contingency, meaning we don’t charge you or collect any upfront fees to get started on your case. Call us at 214-699-4409, email us at intake@buttonlawfirm.com, or fill out a contact form for a free case evaluation.

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DISCLAIMER: The results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each of the clients' cases and should not be used to form an expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client's case.

BLF Teams Up with Houston Firm to Get Justice for Child Hurt in Bathroom