Was your child injured in an accident in Atlanta, GA? If an adult is responsible, our attorneys at Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers can help you fight for fair compensation. An experienced Atlanta child injury lawyer can help you fight to recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and your family’s pain and trauma.
We have over 75 years of experience fighting to protect the interests of families like yours. Our hard work and dedication has paid off over the years, and we’ve recovered over $250 million in settlements and verdicts. Call our law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, to schedule a free consultation today at (844) 772-7826.
How Spartan Can Help You Recover Compensation if Your Child Was Injured in Atlanta
Injuries can impact your child’s life in ways you might not yet understand. A serious injury can also dramatically impact your family’s finances and emotional well-being. Stress alone can be difficult to deal with. Insurance companies won’t be quick to offer a fair deal. They’re known for creating all sorts of red tape and hurdles to getting full compensation. In the end, your settlement offer might not even begin to cover your costs.
Hiring an experienced Atlanta personal injury attorney can make a huge difference. At Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers, we’ve helped countless families like yours get justice. We know how the insurance adjusters work–because we deal with them every day.
Our lawyers can help your family by:
- Conducting our own investigation into the circumstances of your child’s injury
- Locating all parties who share legal responsibility
- Hiring experts to help put a dollar value on your difficult-to-value losses
- Negotiate fiercely for a full and fair settlement
Our Atlanta personal injury attorneys are known for their success at trial. That makes it much more likely that the insurance company will settle for the full amount you deserve. To learn more about how our trusted team can help, reach out to schedule a free case evaluation today.
Overview of Georgia Laws Impacting Child Injury Claims
Most injuries occur because someone is careless. To recover compensation based on negligence, you’ll have to prove that someone failed to exercise a reasonable amount of care and your child was injured because of it.
The basic elements of negligence are:
- A legal duty of care existed
- A breach of duty occurred
- The breach caused some type of accident or event
- Your family suffered damages as a result
That said, many different legal theories can be involved in your child’s injury case. Possible examples include:
Negligent Supervision
You trust adults to supervise your child every day. Teachers, daycare providers, coaches, and other trusted caregivers can be held liable if they fail to provide adequate supervision and your child is injured.
To recover compensation based on negligent supervision, you must establish the following:
- The defendant owed your child a legal duty to provide a reasonably safe environment
- They breached their duty by failing to supervise your child adequately
- Their failure to supervise was the reason your child was injured
- Your family’s damages, meaning the losses you’ve suffered due to the injury, and their value
If your family is suffering because an adult failed to keep your child safe, call our law firm in Atlanta today. We can help your family pursue the full compensation you deserve.
Defective Products
Product manufacturers are responsible for making sure the products they sell are reasonably safe. Still, children are injured while using dangerous consumer products all the time. Manufacturers can be strictly liable when they sell defective products and children are hurt. To recover compensation, you’ll have to prove that the product was defective and your child was injured as a result.
Premises Liability and Attractive Nuisance
Property owners in Georgia always have a duty to keep their property reasonably safe for invited visitors, customers, and guests. If your child was injured because of dangerous property conditions on someone else’s property, our lawyers in Atlanta can fight to hold the owner accountable.
Trespassers aren’t protected under Georgia premises liability laws. An exception exists for young kids who wander onto someone else’s property because of something attractive, yet dangerous. This is called the attractive nuisance doctrine. Property owners do have a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent trespassing kids from getting hurt.
We Handle All Types of Child Injury Cases in Atlanta
At Spartan, our Atlanta child injury attorneys help families struggling with all types of injuries, including:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Broken bones
- Concussions
- Dislocations
- Shoulder injuries
- Burns
- Dental injuries
- Soft tissue damage
- Eye injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Head and neck injuries
- Whiplash injuries
- Internal bleeding
- Organ damage
- Amputations
- Paralysis
- Catastrophic injuries
- Wrongful death of a loved one
If your child was injured and an adult was responsible, call our law firm to learn about taking legal action today. We offer free case reviews, and there’s never any obligation.
What Causes Most Child Injuries in Georgia?
Our team at Spartan is prepared to help your family regardless of the circumstances. Some of the most common causes of childhood injuries in Atlanta include:
- Car accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Sports accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Electric scooter accidents
- School bus accidents
- Negligent security
- Accidents involving large trucks
- Swimming pool accidents
- Choking accidents
- Dangerous property conditions
- Boating accidents
- Playground accidents
- Exposure to toxic substances and chemicals
- Poisonings
- Suffocation
- Dog bites and animal attacks
- Defective products
- Medical malpractice, including birth injuries
- Intentional assault and child abuse
It’s important to get your child medical attention as soon as possible. Getting medical care quickly greatly reduces the risk of complications. It also provides an important connection between what happened to cause the injury and the injury itself.
How Much Compensation Is My Atlanta Child Injury Case Worth?
You’re probably wondering whether your case is worth enough to take legal action. As the victim, it’s critical to know how much you deserve before taking an insurance deal. Injury victims in Georgia must prove the damages they’ve suffered to receive compensation. You’ll be fighting with insurance every step of the way. Make no mistake: the insurance company knows how much your case is worth.
Our lawyers also know how to assess your case value. Some of the key factors we’ll consider include:
- Your medical treatment costs thus far
- How the injury has impacted your child’s physical and mental health
- Whether your child will ever fully recover
- How any long-term disability will impact your child’s future education and career prospects
- Whether your child will be able to enjoy a normal, healthy childhood
- How your family’s quality of life and mental health has suffered
- The expected cost of ongoing medical care, rehabilitation, assistance, special educational needs, etc.
- The nature of the responsible party’s actions
Expert witness testimony can prove critical to establishing your case value. With respected experts on your side, the insurance company will be forced to take your case seriously.
What Compensation Can I Recover for My Child Injuries in Atlanta?
In Georgia, damages in personal injury cases are classified according to whether they compensate for financial losses or non-financial losses.
Your economic damages should cover all current and future financial costs, including:
- Medical bills
- Lost wages
- Future medical bills
- Lost future earning capacity
- Physical therapy
- Rehabilitative care
- Educational needs
- Long-term care
- In-home assistance
- Increased childcare costs
- Counseling
Meanwhile, non-economic damages are designed to compensate you for your more “subjective” losses, such as:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental trauma
- Diminished quality of life
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Anxiety
- PTSD
In cases where a defendant’s actions were intentional, malicious, or especially shocking, courts in Georgia may award punitive damages as punishment.
How Much Does it Cost to Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer in Georgia?
Our team at Spartan practices on a contingency fee basis. If we win your case in court or settle with the insurance company, we take a fixed percentage of the compensation we recover. With this system, you don’t have to worry about racking up huge legal bills and having no way to pay them. You only pay attorneys’ fees if we do recover compensation in your case.
How Long Do I Have to File a Personal Injury Injury Lawsuit After My Child Was Injured in Georgia?
In most personal injury cases, the statute of limitations is two years. You have two years to take legal action. As a parent, you’ll have two years from the date of your child’s injury to sue for damages.
If you choose not to take legal action, your child has their own statute of limitations. The two-year clock starts to run on the date your child turns 18.
It can be complicated to evaluate the deadlines that apply when a child is injured. When in doubt, speak to a lawyer sooner rather than later. We can start taking steps to preserve your right to compensation today.
Contact an Experienced Atlanta Child Injury Lawyer for a Free Consultation
If your child was injured, don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers. An experienced Atlanta child injury lawyer will sit down with you and listen to your story. Then, we’ll evaluate the best way to recover the full compensation you deserve. Schedule your free consultation today.