Daycare & School Injury Lawyer in California
Trusting a daycare or school in California with your child means trusting them to keep your child safe. When inadequate supervision or an unsafe condition leads to an injury, it is heartbreaking, and you deserve answers. These cases turn on supervision, staffing, and the records that show what happened — and where a public school is involved, a short deadline can apply. We handle them with care. Se habla español.
Was your child hurt at a daycare or school?
Start with a quick, confidential case review — about two minutes, no cost, no obligation.
When a facility fails to protect children
Child injuries at daycares and schools often come down to too few staff, lax supervision on playgrounds or field trips, unsafe equipment, or hazards a facility should have fixed. These settings are expected to watch children closely and maintain safe grounds appropriate for their age. The questions usually are whether the danger existed, whether staff knew or should have known, and whether proper supervision would have prevented the harm.
How we help your family in California
You focus on your child; we handle the rest, with sensitivity to what your family is going through. We request incident reports, staffing and ratio records, inspection and licensing results, and any camera footage, and we work to hold the facility accountable and support your child's recovery. Where a public school is involved, we identify and protect any short claim deadline. Every matter begins with a free, confidential review. Se habla español.
Why work with Woods Law Group
These cases are painful, and they are defended by facilities, their insurers, and — for public schools — government lawyers protected by short deadlines and special rules. Having an attorney who moves quickly to preserve the records and who handles the matter with care makes a real difference. We take these cases on a contingency basis for clients we represent, which means no fee unless we recover, and we advance the costs. You get straight answers, real communication, and a firm that treats your child and your family as the priority.
Common daycare or school injury cases we handle in California
- Your Childs Rights After A Daycare Or School Injury
- Daycare Injuries
- School Injuries
- Playground Injuries
- Inadequate Supervision
- Understaffing And Ratio Violations
- Public School Claims And Deadlines
- Compensation And Support
Dealing with the facility and insurer
Your rights and deadlines in California
California licenses child-care facilities and sets staffing, ratio, and safety standards, and a violation of those standards can be strong evidence in a claim. Deadlines can be nuanced: a minor's injury claim may have an extended window, but a claim against a public school generally requires a much shorter government-claim notice — so early action is important. California follows comparative fault, though a young child's own conduct is treated very differently from an adult's. Incident reports, ratio records, and inspection results are often the key evidence.
- Filing deadlines (statute of limitations)
- Comparative fault in California
- Claims against a government agency
- Evidence that builds your claim
California injury law: deadlines, fault and caps
California injury law shapes your case in a few specific ways worth knowing early.
- Filing deadline: You generally have two years from the date of the injury to file — and only about six months to put a government entity on notice before you can sue.
- Fault: California follows pure comparative negligence, so you can still recover even if you were partly — or mostly — at fault, with your recovery reduced by your share of the blame.
- Damage caps: An ordinary California injury case has no cap on damages; medical-malpractice claims are the main exception.
- Uninsured drivers: California sets minimum auto-insurance limits and uninsured/underinsured-motorist rules that affect what coverage is available.
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- Free downloadable guides
- Checklists
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- Questions & answers
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Frequently asked questions
My child was hurt at daycare or school. Do I have a claim?
You may. Daycares and schools are responsible for supervising children and keeping their grounds reasonably safe. When inadequate supervision, understaffing, or an unsafe condition led to your child's injury, the facility may be responsible. The incident reports, staffing records, and any footage help show what happened.
It was a public school. Is the deadline different?
Often, yes, and it can be short. While a child's injury claim may have an extended window in some situations, a claim against a public school generally requires a much shorter government-claim notice — sometimes just months. Because of that, it is important to get advice quickly, even though your child may have longer for other claims.
How much does a daycare or school injury lawyer cost?
We handle these cases on a contingency basis for cases we take, which means no fee unless we recover, and the initial review is always free and confidential. Cost should never stop you from finding out where your family stands.
We are here to help your family
The case review takes about two minutes. It's free and confidential, with no obligation.