Call us today for a free consultation if your child has been injured in a playground accident due to defective equipment. We can help you recover financial compensation for your child’s injuries, including compensation for medical bills, loss of future earning potential, rehab costs, the costs of medical equipment, childcare costs should your child miss school, pain, suffering, wrongful death and more.
If you hire our firm, you will be hiring a personal injury lawyer with over 30 years of experience in handling premises liability cases such as playground liability lawsuits. We have recovered over $750,000,000 for our injured clients. Our vast experience in representing victims of playground related injuries and other injuries will allow us to recover the most compensation possible for you.
If you can’t afford to have your child’s playground injury treated, we can get your child to doctors who will treat them on a lien, meaning you won’t be charged for treatment until your case is over. Doctors do this for clients of ours because they know we get great results for our clients.
Whether a city-owned playground, a school district or a school playground at a private school is involved, we will handle your case on a contingency fee basis. This means that we won’t charge you any fee to handle your child’s case until and unless we recover compensation for you. No up-front or out-of-pocket fee will be charged – the only fee charged for us to handle your child’s case will be a percentage of any compensation recovered.
Call us today for a free case evaluation, text us from this page or fill out this page’s free case evaluation form if your child was injured by defective playground equipment.
Compensation a Playground Injuries Lawyer at Our Firm Can Help You Recover
We can help you recover financial compensation for the injuries sustained in your child’s playground accident. This includes compensation for:
Medical Bills
If an injury occurred, your child has probably already incurred medical bills for treatment, such as emergency room bills or maybe even surgery bills. In addition, should your child require additional treatment in the future, this will generate yet more bills. We can help you recover compensation for all past and future medical expenses related to your child’s injuries.
Loss of Future Earning Potential
Your child may have been left disabled by a playground accident, representing a loss of your child’s future earning potential which we can help you recover financial compensation for.
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
If your child is injured by defective playground equipment and requires rehabilitation or physical therapy, we can help you recover financial compensation for the costs of those treatments.
Medical Equipment
We can help you recover compensation for the cost of any medical equipment necessitated by your child’s injuries.
Home or Vehicle Upgrades
We can help you recover compensation for the cost of any upgrades to your home or vehicle in order to accommodate a disability caused by your child’s injuries.
Transportation and Childcare Costs
Should your child miss school due to their injuries, we can help you recover compensation for the cost of childcare. In addition, we can help you recover compensation for any necessary transportation or in-home care costs.
Pain and Suffering
We can help you recover financial compensation for the physical pain, emotional suffering and mental anguish your child went through due to their injuries.
Wrongful Death
Unfortunately, if your child died due to their injuries, financial compensation won’t be able to bring them back. However, compensation will help your family not have to go through financial hardship due to the loss of your child. We can help you recover compensation for things like burial and funeral costs, lost future wages, medical bills, loss of companionship, emotional distress and grief.
A Playground Injury Lawyer at Our Firm Can Help You Prove Liability
Children, especially younger children, can end up with severe injuries when playing at playgrounds. These injuries can range from brain damage to broken bones. When these injuries are caused by defective playground equipment, victims as well as their families have a legal right to file lawsuits against responsible parties.
When injuries occur due to equipment defects, equipment manufacturers can be found liable. This can include cases of design defects, manufacturing defects or failures to adequately warn and instruct consumers.
It is also possible for multiple parties to be held liable in these lawsuits. Other parties which can be held liable include:
- Assemblers or installers: Should the equipment at the playground be improperly assembled or installed, leading to a malfunction, those responsible for installing the equipment might be held liable.
- Property operators or owners: Entities who operate or own playgrounds have a duty to make sure equipment is well-maintained and safe. Failure to repair or inspect equipment may lead to liability.
- Maintenance companies: When third parties are contracted to maintain playground equipment, yet fail to adequately do so, they may be held liable for any injuries which result.
Liability of Playground Owners
The owners of playgrounds or property on which playgrounds are located might be held liable for injuries. This is because property owners are responsible for making sure their property is safe, and are responsible for injuries which occur when they don’t make sure their property is safe.
Playground owners have multiple legal duties to keep playgrounds safe. These range from maintaining equipment to choosing the right equipment. Playground owners may be held liable when:
- They select equipment which is known not to be safe, like equipment which has injured other children in the past.
- They select equipment which isn’t suitable, like equipment built for older children in playgrounds made for children who are younger.
- They don’t put up adequate warning signs, such as signs warning about the proper age of children to use the playground, warnings regarding surfaces which might get hot when it’s hot outside, or warnings about how to properly use the equipment.
- They provide inadequate safety features, like soft surfaces or padding where it’s likely children will fall.
- They fail to inspect for safety hazards like broken surfaces, rotting wood or loose screws.
- They fail to provide adequate clearance near swings.
These are simply examples of instances where playground owners might be liable. Should you believe something else regarding a playground was unsafe that caused your child to be injured, you might still qualify to file a lawsuit.
Liability of Playground Equipment Manufacturers
Product manufacturers are liable when product defects cause injuries. The equipment might have a design defect, or an error could have occurred while it was being manufactured.
One common example of design defects regarding playground equipment is metal slides. Because a lot of burn injuries have been caused by hot metal slides, almost all new playgrounds utilize plastic slides.
Manufacturing errors could include failing to cover screws, or molding process flaws which lead to plastic structures being weaker than they should.
Should you not be aware of the playground equipment’s manufacturer, you can still file a lawsuit against the property owner regarding a dangerous condition. They will defend themselves by naming the equipment manufacturer, arguing why the manufacturer is responsible. Your lawyer can assist you with the right way to do this.
Liability Regarding Failure to Supervise
Even when playground equipment is safe, injuries can occur when a failure to supervise occurred regarding someone who should have been ensuring children were playing safely and following rules.
Various people might be responsible for supervising playgrounds:
- Employees of public or private playgrounds
- Babysitters, family members or parents who bring children to playgrounds
- Youth groups such as churches or camps who bring children to playgrounds
Failure to supervise liability will depend upon legal duty. When playgrounds are in private businesses, the businesses might employ workers who have a job to monitor the playgrounds. In public parks, a government entity may not provide supervision, but those who bring children should ensure their children don’t injure others. Should you put your child under the care of someone else, like a daycare, they might have a legal duty to ensure your child doesn’t end up in a situation which is unsafe.
What Legal Options Do I Have?
If your child has been injured at a playground, you have multiple options. Your first option is to file an insurance claim. Insurance policy limits will determine how much you can recover from an insurance company.
Your second option is to file a personal injury lawsuit. You can sue a playground owner in a premises liability lawsuit. You may also sue the manufacturer of the playground equipment in a product liability lawsuit. Who you end up suing will depend on the circumstances of the accident.
The primary advantage of filing a lawsuit is you will be able to recover more financial compensation by filing a lawsuit than you will be able to through an insurance claim. The disadvantage is that lawsuits take longer. You should be aware that, in most states, there is a time limit to file such a lawsuit. In California, the time limit is typically two years from the date of the injury, although the time limit is only six months when a government entity is involved. This time limit can be changed by various circumstances, though, so call us today for a free consultation if you’re unsure if you qualify to file a lawsuit.
What Should I Do After a Playground Accident?
- Always immediately seek medical attention for your child following a playground injury. Keep copies of any medical records. Don’t miss follow-up appointments. Should you miss appointments or not immediately seek medical assistance, the insurance company representing the other party might claim the injury isn’t serious.
- Talk with your child as quickly as you can in order to get details regarding the incident. This could be difficult for younger kids, but this is vital to figure out what occurred, if anyone else was present, and if any school employees were present.
- Take videos and photos of the accident scene. Talk with witnesses, and if any other children were injured at the playground, talk with their parents. Take note of any details provided by them which could contribute towards proving negligence or liability.
- Report the incident to school officials or the police. Have them do an investigation and make sure a report is filed. This may provide vital accident documentation and assist with proving your case.
- Talk with a lawyer as quickly as you can. A lawyer can assist with evidence collection, such as the collection of police reports, as well as help you find witnesses. A lawyer can also investigate the manufacturers of playground equipment, the installers’ safety record and any history of accidents regarding that playground or school district.
We Can File a Playground Accident Lawsuit for You
At Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers, we believe that equipment makers should be held liable for playground equipment which is dangerous. We have a commitment to helping families seek fair compensation and justice.
If you have a child who was hurt by dangerous playground equipment, we will:
- Thoroughly investigate the accident to identify liable parties and the defect
- Engage with safety and medical experts in order to establish the injury severity and the product failure
- Compassionately support your family to help alleviate stress and assist with coping with the incident’s emotional toll
- Pursue the most compensation possible for your child’s pain, suffering, rehabilitation costs and medical bills
- Advocate for changes in safety to prevent future accidents, such as dangerous product recalls
Why Choose Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers to Handle Your Playground Lawsuit?
Our firm is award-winning and has a very long track record of successfully obtaining settlements and verdicts, demonstrating a commitment to recovering justice for clients.- Our lawyers don’t back down when we take on those responsible for dangerous playground equipment, even if they have significant resources.
- We fully commit to our clients’ cases, dedicating resources and time to make sure justice gets served when children are injured by playground equipment.
Call us today for a free consultation if your child was injured by defective playground equipment. Remember: we won’t charge any fee to handle your child’s case until and unless we obtain a recovery. Call us today.
