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Personal Injury Claims for Children's Injuries

If your child was injured by someone else's negligent actions, we can help and will come to you.

TEXAS DAYCARE NEGLIGENCE AND INJURY LAWYER

BASED IN HOUSTON AND HELPING STATEWIDE: (713) 800-6676

We pray our children never fall victim to serious injuries, but unfortunately, negligent people, property owners, and commercial entities create situations that cause thousands of children to suffer serious and injuries each year in our country. In 2019, our Child Injury Lawyers represented a four-year old who suffered a severe head trauma after a temporary wall fell within Payless.

As parents, we shouldn't have to fear for our child's safety on the highways, school premises, recreational grounds, or another's property. When the unthinkable happens, you not only need a lawyer experienced in having children as clients, but also a firm with an acute specialization in focusing on the specific injuries your child is experiencing.

Sneed|Mitchell LLP represents injured children across the state of Texas and the United States. We will fiercely advocate for your child's injuries and fight for full and complete compensation. If your child has been the victim of negligence, contact The Injury Team of Sneed|Mitchell LLP. Our experienced child injury lawyers will take immediate action on your case.

NO MATTER HOW THE INJURY HAPPENED, WE CAN HELP.

Our Texas Child Injury Lawyers are tenacious and consistently represent child clients in cases against liable parties. No matter how your child's injuries occurred, we're standing by and ready to assist. We've helped children throughout Texas injured in the following ways:

Child vehicle accidents
- Passenger injuries
- Child bicycle accidents
- School supervised accidents
- Vehicle backover injuries
- Defective car seats
Unsafe or dangerous premises
- Store and shopping injuries
- Dog bites
- Drowning accidents
- Unsafe Multi-Family dwellings
- Daycare negligence
- Playground injuries
- Boating accidents
- Swimming pool accidents
- Amusement park accidents
Medical malpractice
- Congenital disabilities (birth defects)
- SSRIs
- Pregnancy and birth injuries
- Infant clinical trials
- Pharmaceutical drug recalls
Choking and strangulation
Defective or unsafe toys
Sports-related injuries

Houston Based Providing Statewide Assistance

COMMON CHILD INJURIES WE LITIGATE

Many of the case types listed above are common; however, each of our child-client's injuries were preventable, but lead to serious injuries. Approximately 30 million emergency department (ED) visits are made by children in the U.S. annually, and the numbers increased 32.4% between 2001 and 2018. Depending on the severity of the accident, injuries that could occur are:

At Sneed|Mitchell LLP we focus on the injury. Many lawyers secure low verdicts and settlements because they think "how the injury happened" is the main factor. Our Texas Child Injury Lawyers know that obtaining record-setting results comes from focusing our attention, energy, and firm resources on how your child has been physically and emotionally impacted now and moving forward into the future.

WE HIRE EXPERTS TO HELP PROVE THE CASE

In every child-injury case we hand, we hire the best national medical experts to support each case. It is Experts may give report and testimony for judges, lawyers, and insurance companies in federal and state trials and arbitration. Sneed|Mitchell LLP has spent years finding the most qualified experts, and each expert undergoes a thorough questioning and examination before ever participating in a case. Finding the right expert can prove to be crucial in the success of your child’s injury case.

Our experienced child injury attorneys will determine which experts should we should retain for your specific case. Every case is unique, but experts that we may retain in your child’s injury case include:

Pediatric physicians
Obstetricians
Neonatologists
Pediatric pathologists
Psychiatrists
Maternal-fetal medicine physicians
Lifecare planners
Aquatic injuries experts
Child abuse consultants
Accident reconstruction expert

Sneed|Mitchell LLP retains an array of experts from different fields. It is our goal to put injured child clients in the best position possible to win their injury case and obtain maximum compensation.

ELEMENTS TO A CHILD INJURY LAWSUIT

To file a lawsuit, the a child injury lawyer must show the client suffered trauma as a result of another’s negligence. In a negligence claim, the attorney representing the injured party needs to prove the following:

Duty of Care: This refers to a legal obligation that requires an individual to exercise a reasonable level of care so as to prevent harm to others. For instance, a doctor has a duty to perform up to the standard of care established by the medical community.
Breach of Duty: An individual or entity may be considered negligent if they breach their duty of care. For example, if a doctor performs an operation in a manner considered unacceptable by the medical community’s standards, they may have breached their professional duty.
Causation: The defendant’s negligence must have been directly responsible for the injury or damage that occurred.
Damages: For a victim to file a claim, the injury needs to have caused either economic or non-economic damages.

CONTACT THE INJURY TEAM FOR IMMEDIATE HELP

If your child suffers an injury in an accident, contact Sneed|Mitchell LLP. Children are vulnerable to injuries, especially when negligent individuals and property owners put their safety in jeopardy. Vehicle accidents, unsafe premises, Daycare employees, store employees, and defective toys can all cause severe harm to our children.

When your child suffers from a severe injury, you need a law firm with experienced injury attorneys and the legal resources to win your case. Sneed|Mitchell LLP has experience representing clients from across Texas in various types of accidents and obtaining record-setting, real results.