If your child is injured while riding a bicycle, scootering, skating, etc on a public street or pathway, the local government entity responsible for the road may be held liable. An experienced West Palm Beach Child Injury Lawyer will be able to assist you in your case by advising you that in a claim for negligence against the municipality you must prove that the local government knew or had a reasonable cause to know of the defective condition, and knew of the condition for a sufficient amount of time to have it repaired. However, while a municipality is responsible for damages resulting from a defect which was in existence for so long that a reasonable inspection would reveal it, the local government entity is entitled to summary judgment where it had no actual or constructive notice of the defect.
A West Palm Beach Child Injury lawyer will advise you that in order to hold a municipality liable for injuries for failing to exercise reasonable care and failing to repair public roadways, it must appear that it knew or had reasonable cause to know of the defective condition for a sufficient amount of time prior to the child's accident, and should have been able to make the necessary repairs to fix the dangerous condition.
If you have any questions regarding your child's defective roadway claim, please contact us. The Florida Child Injury Lawyers of Sharmin and Sharmin P.A. will work tirelessly to recover all compensation and damages your child and family deserves for an injury or death due to a defective roadway. Call Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. at 1-800-74-TRIAL.
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