Los Angeles Child Injury Lawyer

Southern California Brain Injury Attorneys

Attorneys for The Children

Children are vulnerable. It is the responsibility of adults in our society to create a safe environment and see that children get the best of care. If you bring your child to our Los Angeles personal injury law firm looking for help, our first concern is for your child's welfare.

At Michels & Watkins we are committed to uncovering the truth. When investigating the circumstances leading to a child's injury, our medical team will often suggest at our firm's expense, to send the child to a top specialist for an evaluation. We may or may not find you have a legal claim. If you do, you may hire our child injury lawyers or go to another firm for legal representation. You will have all medical reports and a clear explanation of what happened. If your child was injured as a result of another's negligence, you deserve to know what happened. It is as simple as that.

When investigating a child injury, our attorneys work with medical experts and institutions that perform exams far more detailed than you would ordinarily receive from your own health care provider. Our concern for our clients is not limited to legal matters. In one case, our examining doctor and lawyer, on the basis of that initial examination, arranged to have a child immediately admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center to receive care.

"Michels & Watkins came highly recommended. We were impressed with their professionalism and how quickly they handled the case from start to finish. We are very happy with the outcome and the entire process went smoothly. They changed our lives."

Jerry DiBernardo

Birth injuries, child sexual abuse, school accidents

The largest area of our practice is representation of families where mothers or children have been injured as a result of preventable birth injuries. We call ourselves "attorneys for the children." We handle child injury cases where children have been injured, emotionally or physically, as a result of car or bicycle accidents, sexual assault and a broad range of other incidents, including those involving the following circumstances:

• Medical malpractice
• Birth injuries
• Radiation errors and failure to diagnose cancer
• Misdiagnosis
• Emergency room/hospital mistakes
• Meningitis
• Brain injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Child sexual abuse
• School accidents
• Drowning accidents
• Stroke and heart attacks
• Dangerous products, including candy that caused choking
• Dangerous premises, including department store display racks, elevators, and escalators, a tipping stove, fire escapes without proper guard rails

Calculating the cost of a catastrophic or fatal child injury

It is extremely important to work with a lawyer with experience in similar cases in order to see that you recover the compensation your child will need to receive high quality medical care and live with dignity following a serious injury. Our attorneys have recovered record verdicts and settlements on behalf of children and we extend our services to structure the recoveries properly. For more information about the costs of catastrophic child injuries, see the following:

• Head and brain injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Paralysis
• Burn injuries, including scalding from hot water
• Death claims
• Cerebral palsy
• Meningitis
• Orthopedic injuries
• Amputation
• Loss of sight, hearing

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Did negligence cause your child's injury? Contact our LA office and arrange a free consultation. At Michels & Watkins our medical staff, led by Bradford S. Davis, M.D., will help you find out what went wrong. If a member of your family was injured as a result of medical negligence, our attorneys will hold those responsible accountable. Our Los Angeles firm serves clients throughout California and surrounding states. Our staff and our lawyers provide far more than legal services, giving our clients the support they need to survive following tragic accidents.