Metairie & New Orleans Child Injury Lawyer
When your child is hurt because someone else was careless, everything else stops. You're scared, you're angry, and all you want is for your child to be okay — and for someone to make sure this is handled right. The legal questions can wait until you're ready. What can't wait is making sure the people who care for your family understand what you're going through.
At Bono Law Firm, we've stood with Louisiana families since 1980, and we treat a child's injury case the way we'd want our own family treated. When you call, you speak directly with an attorney named Bono — John or Michael — not a case manager, not a paralegal. The first conversation is free and confidential, there's no fee unless we recover for you, and if it's easier on your family, we'll come to you.
We handle these cases with care
A child's injury is not just another case file. The stakes are different, the emotions are different, and the long-term picture is different — a serious injury to a child can affect their growth, their schooling, and their future in ways that take years to fully understand. We take the time these cases deserve.
Our job is to carry the weight so you don't have to: finding out exactly what happened, preserving the evidence before it disappears, dealing with the insurance companies, and making sure any recovery genuinely protects your child's future — not just today's medical bills. That lets you focus on the only thing that matters right now: helping your child heal.
Where children get hurt
We represent families whose children have been injured in many different ways, including:
Car, truck, and pedestrian accidents
Dog bites and animal attacks — children are bitten far more often than adults, and more often on the face and head
Unsafe property — falls, pool and drowning incidents, and injuries at apartment complexes, stores, and recreational facilities
Daycare and school negligence — inadequate supervision or unsafe conditions
Playground and recreational injuries — defective or poorly maintained equipment
Defective products — unsafe toys, furniture, and other children's products
Why a child's case needs extra care
A child's claim isn't valued the same way an adult's is, because a serious injury can affect a child for the rest of their life — their development, their education, even their future ability to earn a living. A fair outcome has to look down the road, not just at the bills already on the table.
There are also special legal protections for children, including extra steps that exist specifically to make sure a settlement truly serves the child's interest and not anyone else's. These protections are a good thing — they exist to safeguard your child — but they're one more reason a family shouldn't have to navigate this alone. Handling them properly is part of protecting your child, and it's part of what we do.
What to do if your child was injured
Get medical care right away, and follow through on everything the doctors recommend.
Write down what happened while it's fresh, and take photos of the injury and whatever caused it.
Report it to the right party — the property owner, the daycare, the school, animal control — and ask for a written incident report.
Get names and numbers of anyone who saw what happened, including other parents.
Keep track of medical visits, missed school, and how the injury is affecting your child day to day.
Don't rush into a settlement before you understand how the injury may affect your child long-term.
Call us for a free, confidential consultation whenever you're ready.
You don't have to figure this out alone
We understand how overwhelming it is when your child is hurt and you're trying to hold everything together. You don't need to become an expert in insurance or the law. You just need someone in your corner who will treat your child's case with the seriousness and care it deserves — and who you can actually reach when you have a question. That's who we are, and that's who answers when you call.
No fee unless we recover for you
Since 1980, Bono Law Firm has stood with injured children and their families across Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany, St. Charles, and the surrounding parishes. Consultations are free and confidential, we will come to you, and there's no fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
Was your child injured because of someone else's negligence in Greater New Orleans? Call Bono Law Firm, APLC at 504-835-9909 for a free, confidential consultation. Se Habla Español.
