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Children
and Injuries
Joe L. Frost
6 1/8" x 9 1/4",
casebound, 605 pages
2001,
Lawyers and Judges
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Detailed Table of Contents
The one-stop reference for child injuries
in litigation
This book is packed with everything you need to know about child
injuries. Injuries occur with car seats, cribs, toys, playground
equipment and more. Was the manufacturer at fault for not properly
labeling its toys? Was the playground equipment properly installed--at
the park or in the child's backyard--with the proper surface underneath?
Did the manufacturer anticipate the ways in which their products
would be used? A great many factors influence a child's injury,
and some children's injuries are preventable.
If you are a lawyer, a childcare provider, an insurance investigator,
a member of the police, or even a parent, this book will open
your eyes to many issues of safety that often go unnoticed. Case
examples and news stories illustrate the unnoticed hazards throughout
a home, school, or other parts of a child's daily routine, and
how those hazards finally caused injury. Learn about these potential
hazards, and how to deal with them.
You'll learn about the standards for labeling products, installing
equipment, and the role of self-regulation and government regulation
in these standards. You'll be introduced to the agencies which
set the standards that protect our children. You'll be shown the
pertinent laws and case studies that deal with the issues presented
in this book. Each chapter is a well-rounded discussion of its
topic, and you'll want this information in any litigation involving
children and injuries.
Beyond this, you'll learn from economists how earning capacity
and damages can be calculated for a child who has been permanently
impaired. They explain the factors that they consider when presented
with an injured child's future earnings. You'll learn how this
can affect the rest of the family financially, and how one can
litigate the case to recover some of the sustained damages. If
your case work deals with injured children in any capacity, you
should own this important reference.
Topics covered:
Child development and injuries
Scope and nature of child injuries
Medical and biomechanical aspects of childhood injuries
Safety guidelines, standards, and codes for accident prevention
Children and injuries in the home
Children and classroom injuries
Children and injuries in organized sports
Children and playground injuries
Children and water injuries
Hazardous playthings causing injuries to children
Children and traffic accidents
Children and injuries in public places
Evaluating financial loss in child injuries and fatalities
Preparing and conducting litigation in child injuries
Detailed Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Child Development
and Injuries
Joe L. Frost, Ed.D.
Chapter 2: History, Nature and Scope of Child Injuries
James A Therrell, B.A., M.S.
Chapter 3: Medical and Biomechanical Aspects of Childhood Injuries
Raymond M. Fish, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Chapter 4: Standards, Regulations and Safety Guidelines
to Protect Children from Injury
William F. Kitzes, J.D., C.P.S.M.
Chapter 5: Children and Injuries in the Home
Deborah Tinsworth, B.S., M.S.
Chapter 6: Childhood and Classroom Injuries
Lynn Marotz, Ph.D., R.N.
Chapter 7: Injuries in Organized Sports for Children and Adolescents
Robert M. Malina, Ph.D.
Chapter 8: Children and Playground Injuries
Donna Thompson, Ph.D. and Susan Hudson, Ph.D.
Chapter 9: Cause and Prevention of Playground Injuries and
Litigation: Case Studies
Joe L. Frost, Ed.D. and Theodora B. Sweeney, B.S., M.A.
Chapter 10: Children and Water Injuries
Annie Clement, J.D., Ph.D.
Chapter 11: Hazardous Playthings Causing Injury to Children
Chapter 12: Children and Traffic Injuries
Raymond M. Fish, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
and Jerry Eubanks, A.C.T.A.R.
Chapter 13: Children and Injuries in Public Places
Barry L. Richard, C.S.P.
Chapter 14: Evaluating Child Loss in Child Injuries and Fatalities:
Roles of a Economic Expert
Thomas R. Ireland, Ph.D. and John O. Ward, Ph.D.
Chapter 15: Preparing and Conducting Litigation in Child Injury
Cases
Jimmy Simien, Esq.
Appendices
Appendix A: General Resources and References
Appendix B: Hospital Emergency Room Treated Injuries
Appendix C: Playground Rating System
About the Authors
Index
Related Books:
Assessing Damages in Injuries
and Deaths of Minor Children
Bicycle
Accidents: Biomechanical,
Engineering, and Legal Aspects
Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction and
Litigation
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