A Chicago family has reached a $2 million settlement after their 16-month-old child died while at daycare. According to the Pioneer Local online newspaper, Ben Kingan was not even a year and a half old when he was dropped on his head by a daycare employee.

It is alleged that the caregiver, then 22, was left alone in a room with eight toddlers, which was a violation of Illinois state law. It is claimed that the toddlers got out of control, and that the caregiver lifted Ben above her head and threw him down, causing a skull fracture. The caregiver didn’t call for help until 20 minutes later when Ben passed out. The caregiver is now facing murder charges.

Our Bowling Green, Ohio daycare abuse lawyers see cases involving daycare accident injuries on a regular basis. If your child is too young to speak, it is difficult to judge how they are being treated while under someone else’s care. Make sure to choose a reputable daycare facility and to always check their bodies for bruises and cuts, regardless of how much you trust the caregivers.

If your child is a victim of daycare abuse, you need information. Order your free copy of Little Kids, Big Accidents by calling 800.637.8170.

Who: 3-year-old boy

What: Kalahari drowning death

When: August, 2009

Where: Kalahari indoor water park, Sandusky, Ohio

According to the Jere Beasley Report, a 3-year-old boy from Dearborn, Michigan, drowned this past August while he and his family were visiting the Kalahari water park in Sandusky, Ohio.

The parents of the toddler have filed a wrongful death suit with the U.S. District Court in Toledo, Ohio, against the water park. The lawsuit alleges that the child was not wearing a life vest, which Kalahari water park policy requires.

It is also alleged that the park did not have enough lifeguards monitoring and guarding the three-foot-deep kiddy pool that is also known as the “Lagoon,” in which the 3-year-old boy drowned. Upon the toddler’s entrance into the pool, his mother lost sight of him in the midst of almost 50 people.

Kalahari employees found the child face down in the pool, and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital a while later. The lawsuit states that Kalahari water park should have had additional lifeguards available and on duty given the amount of people that were in the “Lagoon” kiddy pool.

The lawsuit also states that Kalahari employees should have also noticed that the child was not wearing the required life-vest.

Our Toledo, Ohio wrongful death lawyers handle cases involving wrongful death situations on a regular basis. If you or someone you know has suffered from a wrongful death situation, contact our office today at 800.637.8170 for your free consultation and case evaluation.

Accidental poisonings kill more than 45,000 children each year. Children under 5 years of age make up the majority of this number. While you can teach an older child that chemicals and medications are very dangerous and should not be played with, you cannot trust a younger child to stay away from them. Young children are very explorative and always investigating the world around them. They can get into places that you may not have even thought of looking in for years. They play with anything they can find and usually place it into their mouths at some point.

They can usually only get into things that are at their own height, such as cabinets and drawers low to the ground. These areas usually contain household cleaning chemicals, which are very dangerous and deadly to not only children but also adults. These items must be locked up when a child is present in the household; this also goes the same for medications or anything that might cause harm to a child.

It might sound funny, but the best way to childproof your home is to crawl around at your child’s level to see what they can get into and then correcting the problems. Keep an eye out for any chemicals or cleaners that they can get a hold of and move them to a higher cabinet or an area of the house they cant get to.

A largely overlooked source of accidental poisoning is houseplants. Before purchasing a plant for your home you should research the toxicity level of them and if deciding to buy them they should be kept very high off the ground and away from children’s reach.

If you or someone you know has suffered injury due to poisoning, contact our Ohio child injury attorneys at 1.800.637.8170 for your free copy of Little Kids, Big Accidents.

Drowning incidents kill more than 175,000 children annually and about 3 million children survive but suffer injuries for very long periods of time afterwards. The highest permanent health injuries due to drowning are associated with brain damage and in turn drowning has the highest average lifetime health and economic impact of any other injury. There are simple steps you can take to keep your child safe and far away from becoming a part of this growing number.

1.) Never leave your child unattended in a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, or even a small wading pool. It can take less than a minute for a child to drown.

2.) Pools should be fenced in and equipped with self-locking gates. This includes neighborhood pools, apartment complexes, and backyards.

3.) Do not leave containers in the backyards where they can fill up with rain water. Since 1973, an estimated 500 children have drown in 5-gallon buckets and similar containers left full outside.

4.) Children should be given swimming lessons but they should not be considered “water-safe” until they are at least 14 years old. Never let your children swim alone.

These are just a few examples of ways to keep children safe from drowning incidents; any body of water can pose a treat to their safety and should not be neglected.

If you or someone you know has suffered in any way from tragic, water-related injury contact our Ohio child injury lawyers at 1.800.637.8170 for information or a FREE copy of our book Little Kids, Big Accidents.

A four-month-old boy suffered wrongful child death after the car seat he was riding in was ejected during a rollover car accident, according to a recent report by the Jere Beasley Report.

The Montana Supreme Court ruled that Evenflo, the car seat maker, was liable for the ejection and therefore the child’s tragic death, because its plastic seatbelt hooks were defective and prone to fracturing.

The family of the baby who lost his life was awarded $6.7 million in compensatory damages.

If you or someone you know has a child who has suffered injury or wrongful death due to tragic circumstances, you need information. Contact our Ohio wrongful death lawyers at 800.637.8170 to order your free copy of The Ohio Wrongful Death Book, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.