Emotional injuries in children

Your child's emotional injury matters

Mental health professionals continue to learn more about the long-term repercussions of traumas experienced in childhood. A child who is a bystander to an accident in which a loved one is injured can suffer psychological wounds. In the event of the death of a close family member, the child suffers loss throughout his or her upbringing.

Sometimes the stress of a childhood trauma does not become apparent until adolescence. It is crucial to understand that New York State's tolling laws allow for recovery of damages even years later.

Children's psychological development, depending on their age, causes them to believe that bad things that happen are their fault. To overcome the emotional burden in the event of an injury or death caused by a house fire, automobile accident, or drowning death, they must be given a great deal of personal and professional support, guidance, and care.

Childhood emotional injury was not part of your plan. Now, you need a plan to take back control of your life. Call today.

A childhood injury may have occurred several years ago, but that is a small amount of time compared to your child's lifetime of coping with the effects. New York law allows for an extended period of recovery for damages as the statutes of limitations on an injury to a child may not begin to be tolled until that child turns 18. If you have any questions at all about recovering damages from a childhood injury, contact us today for your free case evaluation at (800) 477-9044.