School District Liability for Injuries to Children

Every state establishes rules regarding school district and governmental immunity. Depending on the how your child was injured, you may not be able to pierce the school district governmental immunity. Read on to learn more about strict liability for injuries sustained to children.

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Defining a Tort

A tort is a wrongdoing that results in injury to another person or damage to another’s property. Torts differ from crimes in that crimes are punishable by the state in criminal court, whereas torts generally allow individuals to seek compensation for their injuries in civil court. Some acts can be both a tort and a crime.

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How to Prove Negligence

Negligence is carelessness that causes injury to someone else. The negligence can be either an action, like carelessly knocking a brick off a rooftop, or a failure to do something, like a landlord who doesn’t repair a torn carpet in a dimly lighted hallwa

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Valuing Pain and Suffering Damages

Factors used by an insurance company to calculate pain and suffering for an accident or injury .. with examples for age, job/income, lifestyle, attorney, attitude, medical treatment, pre-existing injury

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Daycare Responsibility for Injuries to Children

If my child is injured at daycare, the personal injury and premises liability laws of your state will control the circumstances and extent to which your day care will be held liable. To establish a claim for negligence, you must prove that your daycare had a duty of care, breached the duty of care, and then because of that breach, caused an injury to your child.

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