Playground accidents are a leading cause of physical harm to children accounting for hundreds of thousands of accidental injury every year. The majority of these injuries are minor requiring little to no medical attention and a short healing time. However, sadly in many instances play ground accidents result in serious injuries and in some instances death. About 46% of all playground accident takes place in schools whit more that 30% taking place in public parks. Most of the rest take place in privately owned properties in which the individual property owner may be held liable for injuries suffered by victims. There are many factors that can have an effect on the amount that will be recovered in a playground injury matter including:
- The Type of Injury suffered
- The extent of injuries
- Permanence of Injuries
- Whether brain damage was involved
- Availability of Punitive Damages
- Pain and Suffering
- Emotional trauma such as Post Traumatic Stress, Anxiety
Some of the most common serious injuries resulting from playground accidents are as follows:
- Broken and Fractures Bones
- Facial Lacerations Leading to permanent scarring
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Other Head damage
- Organ Damage
- Internal Bleeding
- Broken Nose
- Fractures Teeth
- Eye injuries leading to permanent loss of vision
- Did the property owner have a legal duty to protect your child
- Did the property owner know or should have known that there was a dangerous condition
- Did the property owner have the opportunity to repair, or fix the dangerous condition
- Did the failure of the property owner to take action to repair cause the injuries