| | | Board Certified In Personal Injury | 28 Years Experience | (903) 531-9300 | | Dear Subscriber, Summer fun and kids are synonymous. But every year, too many kids are hurt during activities they like doing most. Here's a quick review of summer safety tips for kids with links to lots of additional resources. We hope you enjoy the summer season! | | | | 28 Years Experience Trying Personal Injury Cases Counts
After 28 years of handling personal injury cases we've learned that sometimes you have to "just say no" to the insurance company and saddle up and go try the case in front of a jury. We did just that in June of this year in a car wreck case involving some pretty serious injuries. The Defendants' auto liability insurance company made a lowball offer and dug in. We said "NO" and headed to the court house. I guess being hard headed has its advantages because a Smith County jury awarded us more than seven times what the insurance company had offered. It was a good day for the good guy. Continue reading.
| | Pools, Bikes and Playgrounds ... Nine Tips on Kid Safety and the
Big Three of Summertime Injuries  | | Falls are the leading cause of playground injuries. Read more. © Mat Hayward / Fotolia | Summer is in full swing and kids are everywhere, wringing out every glorious minute of summer vacation before it’s back to school. And you know what that means: a whole new round of bumps and bruises! This month’s You Should Know features advice on what we call the Big Three of summertime injuries: pools, bikes and playgrounds. These timeless tips and extensive resources can help you prevent serious injuries to the young ones in your life — scraped knees and grass stains notwithstanding, of course. Swing on. >>> | BY THE NUMBERS / | | 218,851
Injured Kids
| Between 2001 and 2008, an average of 218,851 preschool and elementary-aged children were treated at emergency rooms for playground equipment injuries. Source: Injury Research, National Program for Playground Safety | 4-Sided
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| Four-sided fencing around pools decreases the risk of childhood drowning by 83 percent, as opposed to a three-sided fence with the fourth side formed by the home.
Source: Unintentional Drowning: Fact Sheet, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Every
2 Minutes | Every two minutes, a child is treated in an emergency department for an unintentional cycle-related injury.
Source: Bicycle, Skate and Skateboard Safety Fact Sheet, Safe Kids USA | | BOOKMARK FAVORITES / | Interactive Video Games Teach Kids Pool Safety Cartoon characters Splish and Splash teach children about pool and spa safety in these entertaining interactive videos. The series is part of the pool safety campaign from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. How Does Your Local Playground Rate? To help you assess playground safety, SafeKids Worldwide offers a checklist for playground safety. Find and rate playgrounds in your neighborhood at Map of Play, part of a national effort to create play spaces near every child in America Activity Kits Encourage Bike Safety and Helmet Use The Bicycle Safety Activity Kit from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration makes it fun for kids to learn the basics about bicycle safety and helmet use. Resources are broken down by age group. | |
