If your child’s injury resulted from someone else’s careless or reckless behavior, you can pursue compensation through a South Carolina child injury lawsuit. This type of lawsuit is a legal claim filed in civil court that seeks to prove responsibility for the injury and demonstrate the expenses and impacts that the injury has caused to the child as well as his or her family.
Often, in cases involving an injured child, two claims are filed: (1) one on behalf of the parents who are legally responsible for the child’s medical expenses, and (2) another on behalf of the child for pain and suffering. Inured adults generally have two years after the date on which the injury occurred to file a claim; children, however, have until they reach the age of 19 to file a claim on their own, assuming their parents do not file first.