There are approximately 4,600 childcare centers in North Carolina, with approximately 250,000 children attending these facilities.
As of September 2025, there are 29 facilities registered in Apex, NC. Horton & Mendez, Injury & Car Accident Attorneys, is an Apex daycare injury lawyer who can assist you if your child is hurt.
Daycare Injury Lawyer Apex, NC
A daycare injury lawyer can help you secure monetary compensation, answers, and justice when your child is hurt in a care facility. The lawyer can represent your child’s interests and seek compensation.
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Common Causes of Daycare Injuries in Apex, NC
Daycare injuries can happen when care providers don’t have the knowledge, skill, resources, or disposition to provide a safe environment. Common causes of daycare injuries in Apex, NC, may include the following:
- Structures that may be sharp or that a child could fall from
- Inadequate supervision, caregivers who are not trained to recognize dangers
- Not knowing a child’s special needs or limitations
- Missing child safety locks, outlet covers, or gates
- Access to a body of water without appropriate supervision
- The child wandering away from a facility
- Car and other transportation accidents
- Animal attacks and bites
- Poor training in recognizing dangers
- Sanitation issues, disease, and infection
- Poisoning, chemical exposure
- Failing to follow daycare regulations
- Allergic reactions
- Fire and burn hazards
- Access to weapons
- Physical and sexual abuse
The cause of harm to a child may be direct or indirect and include multiple factors.
When Is a Daycare Liable for a Child’s Injury?
Daycares have a duty to the children they serve and must provide reasonable and adequate care. This doesn’t mean the daycare is always liable when something happens. Instead, the standard for liability is whether the daycare operator did what was reasonable to protect the child.
Because children are vulnerable and daycares are highly regulated, the standard of care is high.
What’s reasonable depends on the child and the circumstances. In general, a facility must provide adequate cleanliness and ensure that children are fed and supervised. In addition, daycares must address risks that are specific to a child or to their property.
The Role of Negligence in Daycare Injury Claims
The question of liability is whether the daycare breached its duty of care to the child. Breaching the duty of care is called negligence.
The duty of care can be breached by an affirmative act, such as hitting a child or giving them something when the child has a known allergy to it.
A violation of the duty of care can also be failing to act. Inadequate training and failing to prevent access to something dangerous are examples of failing to act.
To receive compensation, a claim must identify the standard of reasonable care and how the daycare failed to meet the standard.
In addition to proving negligence, you must also prove that negligence was the cause of the harm. You must identify injuries to the child and the appropriate compensation.
What Evidence Parents Should Collect After an Injury
When an injury occurs in daycare, parents should collect the following evidence:
- Medical documentation: Seek immediate medical attention for the child. Medical care documents injuries and when they occurred relative to the incident.
- Witness statements: Identify witnesses and ask them to write brief statements about what occurred.
- Photographs of injuries: Take photos of the child’s injuries immediately and as they heal.
- Photographs of the accident scene: If you can, take photos of the area where the injury occurred, including structures and tangible objects nearby.
- Objects involved: Save clothing, toys, food products, consumer goods, and any other tangible items related to what occurred.
- Incident reports: If there is an official daycare incident report or police report, save a copy for your records.
- Expenses and losses: As you incur medical bills, miss work, incur additional care expenses, and pay for medical supplies, save bills and receipts.
Your Apex, NC, daycare injury lawyer can supplement this information with other case-building. They can look for past incidents and violations that may bolster your negligence claim. They can explore the regulations that may have been violated and assist you with gathering the evidence needed to prove your claim.
Types of Compensation Families May Be Entitled To
When a daycare injury occurs in Apex, NC, compensation may include the following:
- Emergency medical care
- Costs to diagnose and treat the child
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation
- Prescription medication
- Cost of specialized food
- Medical supplies and other goods that may help the child
- Increased costs for childcare, including any specialized care
- Disability and disfigurement
- Pain suffering
- Personal property losses
Because the victim is a child, the long-term impact may be profound. You may seek compensation for future care needs and loss of the ability to self-support. A lawyer can assist you in identifying and proving damages.
How To File a Claim Against a Daycare Facility
To file a claim against a daycare facility, it’s usually necessary to file in court. You may negotiate directly with a liability insurer, but you may need to formally file the claim. To file a claim, you identify the party responsible and the grounds for liability. You prepare a summons and complaint, following the rules for legal proceedings. You submit your legal claim to the court and must serve the other party.
When Horton & Mendez, Injury & Car Accident Attorneys, represents you, we prepare and file your claim against a daycare facility.
Why You Should Work With an Apex Daycare Injury Lawyer
When a child is hurt in a daycare, they often cannot speak for themselves. We are Apex daycare injury lawyers with experience in pursuing justice for children. There are important legal steps, and our lawyers can handle these steps while you care for your child.
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If your child has been hurt at a daycare, we are sorry. Contact Horton & Mendez, Injury & Car Accident Attorneys, to get help from an Apex daycare injury lawyer.
