A New Orleans child injury attorney can help if your child suffered an injury due to someone’s negligence. Failure to adequately protect children through carelessness, neglect, omission, or unforeseen circumstances is considered negligence and is grounds for filing a lawsuit in New Orleans.
Negligence and Liability in New Orleans Child Injury Cases
Injured children sometimes suffer injury because of neglect by their elders. For example, child injury due to medical negligence could be due to poor doctor care, failed medical treatment, surgical errors, and non-compliance with medical indications, among others.
Medical negligence in children can lead to the following consequences:
- Worsening clinical picture of the child or adolescent
- Increased morbidity and fatality
- Physical injuries such as burns, dehydration, and poisoning
- Bone fractures
- Delayed weight gain
Personal injury cases involving children and adolescents can include negligence in multiple aspects of a child’s life. Situations where negligent child injury could occur include:
- Accidents in schools or daycare centers
- Mechanical damage from park equipment
- Mistreatment by babysitters
- Accidents in swimming pools
- Accidents on school buses
- Children injured in car accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Use of defective appliances or toys
- Any other accident caused by negligence.
If your child was injured in an accident due to someone else’s negligent behavior, you should not have to deal with the financial, legal, and psychological consequences alone. The New Orleans child injury lawyers at Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers are here to help you navigate the complex legal processes so you can focus on your child’s recovery.

