How Child Personal Injury Cases Differ From Adult Cases
Whether walking or biking to school, or riding as a passenger in a car, any accident or serious injury involving a child is a traumatic event to both the victim and her family. A child’s injuries can be very complex and can affect his life now and into the future, sometimes for the rest of his life. If the child’s injury arises from the negligence of someone else, it is important to know that the law treats children differently than adults. Let’s look at some of those differences and how they might affect your case. Contact us for a FREE legal evaluation of your case! Children are held to a different standard As I discussed in a previous blog, “Contributory Negligence – Do I Need a Personal Injury Attorney”, Virginia is a contributory negligence state. Contributory negligence is a rule of law that holds that if two people are involved in a collision and both [...]