Injuries to Children

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Lawyers for Injured Children

Injuries to children can take many different forms including:

• Playground injuries
• Daycare injuries
• Swimming pool injuries
• Defective products/recalls
• Medical Malpractice
• School accidents
• Falls
• Dog Bites
• Birth Injuries

And many others.

Every day in the United States, children are injured in a variety of accidents that cause severe injuries. Many of these injuries could have been avoided if a responsible adult was properly supervising these children, or if other safety measures had been taken.

If your child has been injured on another’s property or is the victim of an accident or other injury in Philadelphia, or anywhere in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, you should consult with an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible to protect the rights of your child. The personal injury attorneys at Messa & Associates, P.C., will thoroughly investigate your claim and work diligently to arrive at a timely settlement or proceed to trial to obtain the compensation you and your child deserve for the injury, trauma, loss, suffering and any on-going needs that may result.

Messa & Associates, P.C., has the legal expertise to pursue your child’s claims under complicated legal theories such as these. Our team of attorneys understands that the emotional, physical, and financial losses that result from injuries to your child can be overwhelming and unexpected.

If your child has suffered a traumatic injury due to negligence or a defective product, contact us today at 1-877-MESSALAW.

Examples of our Success in Injury to Children Cases:

Confidential
$6 Million settlement for cardiac defect (tetralogy of fallot) in an infant which went undiagnosed and untreated, resulting in death of the infant.

$5.75 million recovered after a week and half in trial for wrongful death of a two-year old at a Philadelphia daycare center.
Messa & Associates, P.C., represented the interests of a two-year old’s family who hoped that the lawsuit would bring awareness to the potential dangers and severe injuries that can occur to children at daycare centers when staff are not properly trained to supervise children and that daycare centers around the country, specifically those in Pennsylvania, will re-examine their hiring and training procedures of employees and take steps to improve and/or create additional policies to ensure that the safety and well-being of all the children who are under their care and supervision is not compromised.

$2.225 Million settlement for 11-year-old burn victim.

The Plaintiff, an eleven year old girl, sustained second and third degree burns to her thighs and abdomen after her nightgown ignited from a space heater. Product liability claims were filed against defendants, DESA International, Inc., and Harbor Freight, as the manufacturer in interest and distributor of the Glo-Warm space heater, and against Richard Leeds International, Inc., and Wal-Mart, as the designer and distributor of the nightgown. It had been alleged that the heater was defective since the grill guard allowed clothing to pass through and ignite rapidly from the pilot light of the heating tiles. It had been alleged that the cotton nightgown was defective since consumers were not warned that the garment was unsafe for a child, that it was not flame resistant, and that it did not comply with the children's sleepwear regulations. This case was settled prior to trial for $2,225,000 with payments in a structured annuity expected to total an additional $4.7 million over the course of the plaintiff's lifetime.  

Confidential
$1.5 Million recovery for Birth Trauma. Negligent use of forceps on baby's skull during delivery, resulting in neurological injury to baby's arm and leg.