What happens when a child injures an adult?

[Anonymous]

Where this happen fool?

[Anonymous]

You seemed to have been thinking pretty clearly immediately after this grave injury to immediately be thinking about recovering money from the family of the 2 year old, doubting that it was the 2 year old and thinking the mom must be covering for the 6 year old, considering suing, suggesting that the facility is liable, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not give you my contact info. You were clearly looking for money. I would have apologized profusely though.

Accidents happen in life, OP. This was an accident.

And that is what insurance is for. Whoever is at fault for the accident is legally liable for the expenses. Their insurance can pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You seemed to have been thinking pretty clearly immediately after this grave injury to immediately be thinking about recovering money from the family of the 2 year old, doubting that it was the 2 year old and thinking the mom must be covering for the 6 year old, considering suing, suggesting that the facility is liable, etc.

It doesn’t really matter if it was the 2 yr old or the 6 yr old, the parent is still liable if their child injures someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s no requirement to exchange information. And honestly I wouldn’t hand out my contact information to people I don’t know. I mean why did you want it?

When you go to the hospital and they ask if the injury was a result of an accident the insurance company will contact that person so their insurance can pay. It’s pretty standard.

[Anonymous]

Every time my kid gets injured, I get something from the medical insurance company asking for details. I doubt the money involved here would warrant your insurance company pursuing the sports place of the family, but who knows.

[Anonymous]

Sue me for what?

[Anonymous]

Take down the other person's contact and insurance as you want them to pay all the medical bills

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people suggesting calling the police because a young child accidentally dropped something? That is in no way a crime, either by the young child or the parent. And assuming that the dropped item was something reasonable for the child to have (and a water bottle is!) I don't see the negligence either.

Accidents happen, OP. I'm sorry. But it's not anyone's fault.

Negligence if the parent wasn't watching the child, what if the other parent was drunk or high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A child accidentally dropped an 20 oz metal water bottle on my head from about 10-12 feet above me today. My preschooler was sitting next to me, but did not get hit. The parent apologized, but never once asked if I was ok. I said I probably had a concussion (I did) and that my preschooler would have gotten a skull fracture if that had fallen on their head. I ended up asking the parent for their contact information as I honestly had no idea how bad my head injury was and the parent declined. The location we were at then took an incident report and told me if I wanted that information I would need to file a police report. I’m not filing a police report, but I wanted to ask if it’s out of line to ask for a parent’s contact info if a child injures you (like a concussion level type injury)? I was in shock and going by what you do when you’re in a car accident.

Was it intentional?
If yes, that opens a whole other discussion.
If no, I’d still get the contact info because the parent and child will want to know you are ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a trial lawyer, my take is this. You are never going to find this child or family. If you do, you are going to have an impossible case of showing a parent was negligent. There is no strict liability when it comes to your kid’s actions. Parent would have to be negligent. So trying to go down this road is pointless.

If you want to sue, and it sounds like you do, you will have to go after the sports complex. You might find an attorney to take your case.

Serious question - I had a friend who was an ambulance chaser and he said if you get injured like this, lay down or stay in your seat (if in your car) and say “I can’t move, somebody call an ambulance”.

Good advice or no? It’s always been my plan if someone injures me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no requirement to exchange information. And honestly I wouldn’t hand out my contact information to people I don’t know. I mean why did you want it?

When you go to the hospital and they ask if the injury was a result of an accident the insurance company will contact that person so their insurance can pay. It’s pretty standard.

If a kid sends a hockey puck into the side of your car and it’s an accident most parents would offer to pay the deductible/for the damage. How is this different? OP will need to pay for an ER visit and x-rays because someone didn’t stop their child drop a water bottle on her head. Just because something is an accident doesn’t mean that the injured party has to assume financial responsibility for the damage caused to them.

[Anonymous]

Sorry this happened. Obviously, it was an accident.

That said, I can’t believe your first thought is suing etc. Just doesn’t sit right with me. I’m guessing the parents of the kid got the same sense, possibly, and knew to steer clear of much conversation.

I would potentially discuss safety measures etc with the facility (sounds like an incident report was filed, so that is good) to help prevent this from happening again.

I hope you feel better soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry this happened. Obviously, it was an accident.

That said, I can’t believe your first thought is suing etc. Just doesn’t sit right with me. I’m guessing the parents of the kid got the same sense, possibly, and knew to steer clear of much conversation.

I would potentially discuss safety measures etc with the facility (sounds like an incident report was filed, so that is good) to help prevent this from happening again.

I hope you feel better soon.

It wasn’t my first thought. My first thought was ‘oh my God, what just hit my head. Am I ok’ and my second thought was that my three year old, sitting next to me, could have gotten a skull fracture and died if the bottle had been dropped six inches to the left. I asked the mom for her contact information 20 minutes after the bottle was dropped when she came down to get the water bottle. I wouldn’t have asked for her information if she hadn’t come down to get the water bottle and had left. The facility is big and our kids were not in the same activity - I had never seen her before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a trial lawyer, my take is this. You are never going to find this child or family. If you do, you are going to have an impossible case of showing a parent was negligent. There is no strict liability when it comes to your kid’s actions. Parent would have to be negligent. So trying to go down this road is pointless.

If you want to sue, and it sounds like you do, you will have to go after the sports complex. You might find an attorney to take your case.

Serious question - I had a friend who was an ambulance chaser and he said if you get injured like this, lay down or stay in your seat (if in your car) and say “I can’t move, somebody call an ambulance”.

Good advice or no? It’s always been my plan if someone injures me.

That seems like a waste of time for ems resources, which are already in short supply for true emergencies.