One of the most important decisions of a working parent is finding someone to trust in the care of their children during the day. For many Americans, that answer is a local day care provider in the form of a commercial day care center or home. If that trust is violated and a child is physically or emotionally injured, the tragic loss cannot be replaced. Parents grieve a lifetime. Most parents, though, also will work tirelessly to exhaust all legal remedies in their search for justice and for answers as to what happened to their helpless little loved one.

The care of children is serious business that requires day care centers and homes to not only anticipate the needs and behaviors of children but also maintain close supervision over them. Injury to children while at day care can arise from many causes, including lack of proper inspection of the premises to ensure against dangerous conditions, negligent hiring or inadequate training of employees, inadequate supervision of a child, or failure to adjust their approach in the care to the child’s particular behavioral or developmental needs. It is the responsibility of those who carry out such a business to ensure that they do so keeping the child’s and families’ needs uppermost in their minds.

In some areas the particular standards are set by custom or a local licensing agency. In Illinois, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is responsible for setting the standards and licensing within the child day care industry.

If you are involved in an accident and think you have a claim, it is best to first speak to an attorney before discussing the matter with strangers or outside parties. Day care cases can be very complex.

Clifford Law Offices, in Chicago Illinois, is a law firm that handles day care cases. Their experienced lawyers will look at the individual facts of the case and determine if the day care center failed to follow Illinois rules and regulations or demonstrated negligence in the care of your child. They have a proven record of success in litigating these cases.

In a recent case, Robert Clifford and Kevin Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices and day care lawyers, secured a $14 million verdict for the family of a one-year-old boy who tragically suffered permanent brain damage after choking on an apple slice at a daycare center where workers failed to monitor him.

In a different day care case, Michael Krzak, partner and daycare attorney at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $300,000 settlement for the family of a four-year-old girl who suffered burns on her chin and shoulder when a day care center worker spilled boiling water during a demonstration. If you need an Illinois day care attorney, please consult with Clifford Law Offices. They have the resources and experience to navigate the complex process in the fight for you and your family over injuries or death stemming from a day care accident.

Accolades for Clifford Law Offices

Clifford Law Offices received national first-tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation in the 2010 U.S. News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" Guide. Thousands of clients and law firms were surveyed by U.S. News-Best Lawyers. This is the first time that a national ranking has been compiled and it was featured in the October print issue of U.S. News & World Report. Robert Clifford, senior and name partner at the firm, was named the 2009 Best Lawyers' Top Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago. The firm also received Metropolitan First-Tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation and Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice Law in what some have called the most comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession. Thousands of law firms and clients were surveyed. Robert Clifford has been named a Best Lawyer since the publication's inception in 1983. Kevin Durkin and Keith Hebeisen, partners at the firm, were named Best Lawyers in the 2011 edition. Robert A. Clifford was selected in 2004 as one of the "five most respected and feared plaintiffs' attorneys" in the country by Corporate Legal Times, calling him "the best of the bad." The National Law Journal named Mr. Clifford's firm on the "Plaintiffs' Hot List: 20 Go-To Teams" in 2004 and one of the top 25 firms in 2003. The publication also named Robert Clifford one of the Top Ten Litigators in Illinois as well as one of the nation's Top Ten Litigators. American Lawyer Media recognized Mr. Clifford as one of the Top Ten Most Influential Lawyers in Illinois in 2000. He has consistently been voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America , and he was named one of Chicago's "30 Toughest Lawyers" by Chicago Magazine in 2002. He was selected to be a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 trial lawyers from around the country.