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Every parent dream of having a date night or some time to him or herself. However, this always means entrusting the care of his or her kid with another authority – a babysitter, nanny, preschool, or daycare. While most of these entities are responsible in terms of taking care of these kids, some are negligent. What can you do if you have been a victim of this? Well, you can hire a personal injury lawyer in Hamilton to craft a strong lawsuit against the authority. You can also read this article for pointers when working with your lawyer to craft the lawsuit.
That’s right, any personal injury lawyer would inform you that your kid needs adequate supervision from the entity or person (people) supervising your kid when you are away. This is referred to as adequate supervision. The amount of adequate supervision your kid needs depends on the situation or circumstances he or she is in. For example, a more mischievous kid would need more adequate supervision than a well-behaved kid on a school field trip.
Determine Adequate Supervision
Personal injury lawyers know something about adequate supervision: it contains certain factors which the authorized caretaker must follow. If the authorized caretaker fails to do so, you and your lawyer can sue the authorized caretaker. These factors are explained in more detail below.
What factors are common in adequate supervision?
The following are common factors in determining the amount and level of adequate supervision your kid needs, as any lawyer could inform you:
● The kid’s age
● How experienced or mature/responsible/well-behaved the kid is
● The type and nature of activities the kid is partaking in
● Factors that the authorized caretaker can’t control
Age
If a 5-year-old kid is playing on the monkey bars on the school playground, he or she will need more adequate supervision than a 10-year-old because of his or her size, general maturity, and experience levels (of the five-year-old.)
Experience level
A 15-year-old would need less supervision when cutting paper out for crafts than an 8-year-old because of the relatively higher experience and maturity levels of the 15-year-old and because of his or her greater sense of responsibility.
Type and nature of the activity
If your kid is in a library reading books, he or she would need far less adequate supervision than kids who were playing contact sports outside would.
External factors
If your kid is on a field trip to a welding factory, he or she is at risk of being exposed to dangerous sparks. The authorized caretaker would be in a situation where many risk factors would be out of his or her control.
You can hold an authorized caretaker responsible depending on the nature and extent of involvement the authorized caretaker exercises in terms of supervising your kid, you and your personal injury lawyer can indeed hold him or her responsible, especially if the caretaker acts in a negligent manner.