Waco Personal Injury Law Blog

Bullying can be physical, emotional or a combination of both. While a significant amount (28%) of all young people report that they have been bullied at some point in their schooling, this does not mean that it should just be accepted as a right of passage or simply as "character building." Bullying can have a profound effect on a child's confidence, self-esteem and academic performance that could impact them for years to come.

If your child has been suffering due to being bullied at school, you likely expected that the school will have taken this seriously and intervened to stop further physical or psychological injuries. However, if they failed to do this, you may be able to take legal action in Texas. The following are some statistics that highlight why it's so important to take action to protect your child.

Data published by the Cooperative Extension of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) captures how the leading cause of disability or death among young children are injuries. How they become hurt varies depending on a child's age. Many of their injuries are completely preventable.

The USDA's data shows that most children's accidents occur because the kids involved were inadequately supervised by their adult caregivers. Those same statistics show that school-aged kids are at a particularly high risk of being struck by a car while crossing the street. Preschoolers are particularly susceptible to drowning. Toddlers are vulnerable to being poisoned.

Data shows that riders belonging to the 17 to 25-year-old demographic become involved in the majority of motorcycle crashes. There are many reasons that motorcycle accidents happen.

Motorcyclists are most vulnerable to becoming involved in a crash when traffic is heavy such as during rush hour. They also put themselves at risk of getting hurt when they engaged in reckless driving such as cutting short their turns, speeding or splitting lanes. The lack of the protection of the outer shell of their vehicle often results in motorcyclists getting seriously hurt or killed in crashes.

If you've ever found yourself stopped in a traffic jam while trying to get off an interstate exit ramp here in Waco or elsewhere in Texas, then there's a chance that it was caused by an overturned truck. These types of incidents may leave traffic lanes closed for hours as crews try to figure out how to get a truck upright or as they clean up lost loads. Motorists may be seriously injured in these types of incidents.

The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine commissioned a study into the causes of large truck rollover crashes just over a decade ago. The National Institutes of Health published their findings in 2008.