Even parents who keep a close eye on their children while the children are awake are forced to trust that their children are safe while sleeping in their cribs. Yet, an estimated 181,654 children under the age of two were treated in U.S. emergency rooms during a 19-year period for injuries sustained in cribs, bassinets, […]
Child-injury Attorney Jeff Killino Recovers Compensation for Children Injured by Recalled Children’s Products Such as Graco Car Seats
On July 2, 2014, Graco’s Children’s Products recalled 1.9 million infant car seats. The combined recall of the 1.9 million infant seats with the 4.2 million toddler seats the company recalled earlier in the year amounts to the largest recall of children’s car and safety seats in American history. The most recent recall came after […]
Child-injury Lawyer Jeffrey Killino Helps Families of Children Injured by Defective Car Seat Adaptors and Other Children’s Products
Every day, thousands of products designed for use by children are purchased by parents across the country. A great deal of trust is involved in such purchases, as parents are truly forced to put blind faith in the designers and manufacturers of these products to place nothing but safe and non-defective products on the market. […]
Child-injury Attorney Jeffrey Killino Urges Parents to Put Pool Safety at the Top of Their Summer Agendas
Just about everyone looks forward to summer, but no one greets the season of vacations, summer camps, amusement parks, and swimming with more excitement and anticipation than children. But, even the most well-informed and vigilant parents may fail to adequately prepare themselves for the dangers this season brings. Every year, children are injured or killed […]
Child-injury Attorney Jeff Killino Helps Families of Children Who Have Been Strangled by Defective Children’s Products
Every year, children are fatally strangled or seriously injured by children’s products that have been designed or manufactured in such a way as to pose strangulation hazards to small children who come into contact with these products. Though many of these products are recalled by the manufacturers when such hazards are discovered, others remain on […]
Graco Car and Safety Seat Recall Is the Largest in American History
Graco Children’s Products, a division of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., has issued the largest combined recall of infant and child seats in American history. The initial recall of 4.2 million toddler seats was announced in February 2014, and a second recall was issued on June 3 for 1.9 million infant car seats. Both recalls were prompted […]
Child-injury Lawyer Jeffrey Killino Helps Families of Children Injured in Pool or Outdoor Spa Accidents
Outdoor pools, spas, and whirlpools are among the items the average child find’s irresistibly alluring. Children who discover the presence of a pool, spa, or whirlpool in a neighbor’s backyard are highly likely to attempt to gain access to it if not prevented by a fence, gate, or other protective enclosure. The dangers to small […]
Attorney Jeffrey Killino Helps Families of Children Injured by Defective Toys and Other Children’s Products
Children across the country are injured every day from defective toys and other products designed specifically for use by children. The law holds manufacturers of products responsible for their safe construction and design. When a product is designed for use by children, this responsibility is especially important. Many toys and children’s products have been found […]
Attorney Jeffrey Killino Helps Families of Children Injured by Dangerous Medications and Other Children’s Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning about the use by parents of certain medications to numb the gums of their teething children. Some of these medications, which have been used by parents across the country to diminish their babies’ teething pain, can be obtained only by prescription and contain a […]
Attorney Jeffrey Killino Helps Families of Children Who Have Been Injured by Inflatable Play Equipment and Other Children’s Products
Several bounce-house accidents have recently made national news, reminding parents once again of the dangers posed by children’s inflatable play equipment. One of these recent accidents involved a bounce house that was reportedly disengaged from its moorings by a gust of wind and lifted more than 50 feet in the air with three children inside. […]
