Find Trusted Child Injury Attorneys Near You to Advocate for Your Family

Our team of experienced Texas child injury attorneys at The Button Law Firm advocate for families after innocent children have been physically or emotionally injured or abused because a company or caregiver failed to keep them safe. Whether a child is injured in an incident involving a daycare center, all-in-one event facility, or car wreck, knowing your legal rights and finding a top-notch child injury attorney is key.

In this blog post we will explain what child injury attorneys do, which child injuries are most common, and how our team of child injury attorneys can help your family move forward after a scary or traumatic experience involving your child.

What Do Child Injury Attorneys Do?

You are probably already familiar with the term “personal injury attorney,” as in lawyers who help people seek justice after a serious car wreck or other devastating incident that put you in the hospital. Child injury attorneys like our team at The Button Law Firm do similar work, only we advocate for the legal rights of families and children who have been hurt by someone else’s negligence. In fact, we specialize in helping families like yours navigate these difficult situations, ensuring their child(ren) receive the proper care they deserve while we hold the responsible party (or parties) accountable.

Our child injury attorneys handle every aspect of the legal process, from investigating the cause of your child’s injury and working with respected experts to negotiating settlements and fighting for a family in court, if necessary.

Beyond the courtroom and legal process, child injury attorneys understand the emotional toll a child’s injury can take on the whole family; therefore, we treat each case with compassion and patience. We provide guidance and support to families every step of the way, including doing the heavy lifting during a long legal process and will even deal with medical insurance companies on your behalf so that you can focus on your family. 

In addition, child injury cases can involve children as young as newborns and as old as high school-age teens. Our skilled team of child injury attorneys knows how to overcome challenges such as communicating directly with young children or children with disabilities who may have a difficult time identifying their injuries or communicating exactly what happened at the time of an incident.

What Kind of Cases Do Child Injury Attorneys Like The Button Law Firm Handle?

Our team at The Button Law Firm has more than a decade of experience seeking justice on behalf of families who have suffered through child injuries. Based on the cases we have worked on and the questions we receive from parents, the types of child injury legal cases fall into just a few categories:

• Car Wrecks Involving Children: Little ones are particularly susceptible to getting hurt in a car crash because their smaller, more fragile bodies can seriously suffer from blunt force traumas. Our team often helps families when kids suffer broken bones, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and lacerations from a car wreck.
• Child Injuries at Entertainment Centers: Facilities like all-in-one event or family entertainment centers such as arcades or trampoline parks can turn into a nightmare for some families when little ones get hurt. Often, employees at these large venues are unable to oversee the entire premises, leaving hazards that put little ones at risk, and we have found these centers do not properly maintain their equipment, which can easily injure children looking to have fun on a family outing.
• Daycare Center Injuries: Daycare centers are meant to provide a safe, enriching space for your child while you are at work. However, some daycare centers fail to follow Texas daycare laws, aka the minimum standards. When daycare centers show signs of these red flags, little ones are more likely to get hurt. Some common causes of injuries at daycare centers are faulty equipment, a lack of supervision by caregivers and/or management, and poorly trained or vetted caregivers.
• School Bus Injuries: Many schools and daycare centers use contracted buses without seatbelts and unqualified drivers to transport children to and from the center. Like car wrecks, an incident on the road involving a school bus can seriously harm a child. In addition, our team has also seen a number of cases where children are left behind and locked inside daycare vans, where they are isolated and can overheat in extreme temperatures.
• Toy Injuries: Surprisingly, a toy marketed to a young child does not mean it is safe. Toys can have defects like sharp edges or tiny pieces that can come loose, creating a choking hazard. In addition, toys that use button batteries can be dangerous because toddlers and preschoolers may be able to access and swallow the small button batteries.
• Wrongful Death of a Child: In tragic cases, such as when a child passes away from an an injury in a preventable incident, this is called wrongful death of a child. Having a child injury lawyer in your family’s corner can help you get the support you need both emotionally and throughout the legal process in honor of your child. These cases that hold a negligent party or person accountable can also help protect other children and their families from suffering the same fate.

What Types of Child Injuries Are Most Common?

Child injuries are more common than you think, and often they are easily preventable and caused by negligence. Negligence refers to whenever an individual or party fails to abide by a certain set of laws or common sense practices that are intended to keep children safe. For example, when children go to a daycare center, parents expect their little ones to be protected from harm. Texas has created laws, aka minimum standards, that all daycare centers must follow. When daycare centers fail to abide by these laws, injuries are more likely to occur. These injuries would be considered child injuries due to negligence.

The most common injuries that our child injury attorneys see include:

• Broken Bones: When children fall from a high surface like a play structure or are crushed by a piece of unsecured furniture, they can suffer broken bones. They can also sustain fractures in a car wreck or when they are physically abused by a caregiver.
• Burns: We have seen firsthand how hot surfaces, boiling water in bottle warmers, and chemicals at daycare centers seriously harm little ones. Severe burns often require extensive medical treatment and can scar children physically and emotionally.
• Choking: Choking is most common when children are playing with toys or other items that are inappropriate for their age range. Choking incidents also happen at daycare centers when caregivers do not properly cut foods into small pieces for little ones.
• Finger Injuries: Little digits can get crushed, caught in something, or cut. Major culprits of these injuries are sharp surfaces on defective or unmaintained equipment, unsecure furniture, and even escalators at all-in-one event centers.  
• Internal Injuries: Blunt force trauma resulting in severe bruising, organ damage, or even a traumatic brain injury are common in car wrecks and fall incidents.
• Muscle Strains and Sprains: When children trip on uneven surfaces at entertainment centers or experience a car wreck, they may suffer sprains or muscle strains.

How Can Child Injury Attorneys at The Button Law Firm Help My Family?

As a team of child injury attorneys recognized on the Texas Super Lawyer List, we have the knowledge and experience of successfully helping families with child injury cases. We understand that traumatic incidents involving your child (or children) can leave you feeling overwhelmed, dealing with costly medical bills, and scared of the unknowns. This is when our team is your family’s best advocate. You can focus on your child’s recovery while we handle the rest. (Also, have some peace of mind knowing that we will only take your case if we believe we can help you—we have taken on and triumphed in some of the most difficult cases.)

We also believe in constant and open communication so that you and your family know that you have our dedicated team in your corner through the often difficult journey of seeking legal justice for a child’s injury. Your family can always ask (and get an answer) for any questions that may come to mind. You will receive ongoing guidance, and can feel that the team is there for you for the entirety of the journey. The most effective child injury lawyers have a unique set of skills working with children and identifying the specific challenges of fighting for a young family. Our team values providing this support above all else.

Our child injury attorneys at The Button Law Firm are committed to making a difference for your family after your child has been hurt. We will listen and fight to get justice and help your child and family move forward. We work on contingency, meaning we don’t charge you or collect any upfront fees to get started on your case. Get a free case evaluation by calling us at 214-699-4409, emailing us at [email protected], or filling out a contact form.