In a tragic child accident a three year old, Rodney Lawrence, drowned in the family pond. The accident happened whilst a party was taking place for one of his siblings at home.
The police were called by Rodney’s parents when they couldn’t find him. The police arrived and found Rodney in the pond; they pulled him out immediately and called an ambulance. Rodney was airlifted to hospital in Basingstoke, Hampshire, but sadly, he was pronounced dead.
The family are “heartbroken” said a close family friend. The pre-school which Rodney attended was closed for the day.
A friend’s mum, Karen Green who knew Rodney from playschool said: He was a delightful boy. He’d always be bouncing a ball around. The village is devastated”.
Rodney’s parents Jonathan and Marie of Kingsclere, Hampshire, are being comforted by friends and family.
Hampshire police are not treating the death as suspicious. A post mortem is to be carried out before an inquest.
The buggy maker Maclaren is to pay thousands of pounds to children who have suffered an injury due to their product. The folding pushchairs have been at fault for injuring the children, causing severe cuts, broken fingers or loss of fingers as they have become trapped in the pushchairs hinges.
Although Maclaren are paying compensation to at least 40 British children, they have denied liability. Payments of injury compensation for children will range from £2,000 to £10,000, the child compensation payments will be determined by the severity of the injury and length of suffering the child has had, caused by the pushchair.
In America, Maclaren have recalled around a million pushchairs after children had suffered the loss of fingers due to their pushchairs.
Maclaren are not to recall the pushchairs in the UK as it is said there are an insufficient number of cases where children have been injured.
Maclaren has said it takes child safety “very seriously”. They have also said “We have sold more than a million buggies in the past decade in the UK and have only had around 100 complaints”
If your child has been injured at school and you believe the school has been negligent, it may be possible to make an injured at school claim for injury compensation.
We recently accepted an injury claim for an accident which happened in a college in Plymouth. The child was rehearsing for a school production. The stage had access stairs at each end. The stairs to the left of the stage had been secured. However the stairs at the right side of the stage were not secured.
As the child stepped on the stairs on the right side to make her way onto the stage, the stairs moved away from her. The child then fell awkwardly due to her leg going under the stage as the stairs moved from beneath her. As the child fell she hit her knee causing an injury.
The fall accident was witnessed by several pupils and was reported to the performing arts coordinator. She admitted that someone had forgotten to secure the stairs.
The child was diagnosed with a badly sprained leg, knee and ankle. Client’s injuries lasted for some time and the client’s Mother asked for our help in seeking injury compensation from the college.
If you or your child has suffered an injury whilst at school or college which was not your own fault it may be possible to make a injured at school or college claim.
All claims we accept are on a no win no fee basis and you will receive 100% of any injury compensation awarded.
To claim for children’s accidents click: Injured at School or College Claim.
If you or your children have suffered an injury on a bouncy castle which you believe was due to the operator’s negligence, then making a claim for an injury on a bouncy castle may be possible.
We have successfully dealt with numerous claims for injury compensation as a result of an accident on bouncy castles, one of which occurred at a nursery.
The client and her mother were at an open day at the nursery. On the first floor in the nursery was a bouncy castle which measured approx 8 feet in diameter. There were approximately 10 children aged 1 to 12 on the castle and a member of staff was also playing on the castle rather than supervising the children from the front.
In front of the bouncy castle there was no safety matting and the floor in front was only covered by a thin carpet.
The child got on the bouncy castle as other children were bouncing on it, causing her to fall off landing awkwardly on her foot. The member of staff bouncing on the castle offered no help and the clients mother went to find another member of staff in a different room.
The accident conditions were witnessed by the mother’s friend. The client was taken to hospital and they took x-rays and diagnosed a broken right foot.
The nursery that was operating this bouncy castle should have been supervising the castle sufficiently and had safety matting in front of the castle.
To make a claim for a non fault accident on a bouncy castle click: Claim for injury on a bouncy castle.
Children travelling to and from school on a school bus should be safe at all times and not suffer an injury due to the bus driver’s accident or negligence.
A claim for a child school bus accident was made with us, as the bus driver drove at speed round a corner and the rear of the bus bounced up onto the kerb. This caused the child to suffer an injury as she was thrown with severe force in the seat and hit her head on the rear of the bus. The child suffered injuries despite having the lap belt on.
The school bus accident was witnessed by other passengers and the details were reported to the bus company.
The child was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with whiplash injuries as well as a large lump to the head from hitting it on the bus.
Child school bus compensation claims such as this are worked on by our injury solicitors who put a no win no fee agreement in place. We ensure 100% of the compensation awarded is paid out on successful child bus injury claims, with no money being asked for at any time. You can claim by clicking: Children Injured on School Bus.
Children who are injured in non fault road traffic accidents can claim compensation through the Accident Advice Bureau and our specialist solicitors.
When a child is injured in a car accident, it is very traumatic for both the child and the parents. No parent wants to see their child injured and in most cases would rather they had been injured instead.
We handle child car accident claims sensitively and understand the stress which may be felt. This does not mean that our solicitors will not fight hard to achieve maximum compensation, once it has been established that the child was not at fault for the accident.
When you ask the Accident Advice Bureau to handle your case, you can be rest assured that the injury compensation claim for the child will be dealt with quickly and efficiently.
To make a compensation claim for a child, we require a person over the age of eighteen to act for them. This is usually a parent but does not need to be. This person is known as the ‘litigation friend’.
A child claim for a car accident can be made up to their twenty first birthday, as the three year timescale does not start until they are eighteen.
To make the child accident claim, please call us on 0845 10 88 333 or claim by clicking: Child Car Accident Claim.
