Articles Posted in Personal Injury

Earlier this month, a 16-year-old-girl died while in vacation in Hawaii when the jet ski she was riding was hit by another watercraft.

According to a report by ABC News, the 20-year-old man who hit the young girl with his rented jet ski, was charged with third-degree criminal homicide. Now the young girl’s parents are suing the man, who investigators say was driving recklessly, was standing up and not paying attention to where he was going, and showing off for his girlfriend.

The lawsuit alleges that the man was reckless and negligent while operating the watercraft. The rental company, Aloha Jet Ski Rentals, is also named in the suit. The lawsuit alleges that an employee of the rental company failed to properly instruct the man in the correct use of the jet ski and that the employee did nothing to prevent the man’s reckless behavior.

The suit seeks unspecified damages for the family’s emotional pain and suffering, medical costs, and attorney’s fees.

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A new study is warning parents and caregivers that they need to be more aware of current guidelines regarding proper car seat use.

The study was published this week in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and included a review of three years worth of data from the National Highway Traffice Safety Administration’s 2007-2009 National Survey on the Use of Booster Seats. Researchers found that as children got older, car seat safety and proper restraint techniques went down. More children were more likely to sit in the front seat of a car unrestrained, despite guidelines to the contrary.

It’s something that parents and caregivers need to pay more attention to, as research shows that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than 3 in the U.S. and cause 179,000 injuries to children each year.