Elkhart, IN asked in Personal Injury for Indiana

Q: Child Has Head Injury.

What can be done if my son was in a church van going to fast and busted his nose due to braking fast?

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My son and his sister were in the church van, they told the driver a long with other kids your're going to fast, when all of a sudden, he braked fast to avoid hitting a car, my son busted his nose on the window as he was looking out, he bled for 20 min then taken to the ER where he continued to bleed for another 15 min. he bled later that night and the next day taken out of school for 2 nosebleeds, two day's later we found out he has a concussion and still in pain.

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1 Lawyer Answer

A: You can talk to a lawyer about making a claim against whichever drivers were negligence in the incident.

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