Child & Minor Injury Cases · Greater New Orleans
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 C. Bono or Michael P. Bono — 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.
Some firms are built for volume. Bono Law Firm is built for personal attention.
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. That patient, personal way of handling a case is what makes us different.
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 businesses
- Daycare, camp, and school negligence — inadequate supervision or unsafe conditions
- Trampoline and adventure park injuries — foam pits, slides, climbing walls, and crowded courts
- Amusement park, carnival, and fair ride injuries
- 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. You can see the kind of outcomes we fight for in our case results.
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.
Free & confidential
Was your child hurt? Talk to us when you're ready.
Since 1980, Bono Law Firm has represented more than 6,000 injured Louisianans, standing with children and their families across Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany, St. Charles, and the surrounding parishes. Consultations are free and confidential, we'll come to you, and there's no fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
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Common questions
Child injury FAQ
How is a child's injury case different from an adult's?
A child's injury can affect them for life — their growth, schooling, and future ability to work — so a fair outcome has to account for the years ahead, not just the bills already here. Children's settlements also carry special court protections to make sure the money truly serves the child. We handle both the long view and those protections for you.
The other side's insurance offered us money — should we accept it?
Be careful, and talk to a lawyer first. An early offer often comes before anyone knows how the injury will affect your child long-term, and once it's accepted it's usually final. The consultation is free and confidential, and we'll tell you honestly whether the offer protects your child's future.
Will we have to go to court?
Many cases resolve without a trial. Because children's settlements involve special court-approval steps, some court involvement is common even in a settlement — but that's a protection for your child, and we handle the process so you don't have to.
Should I call now, or wait until my child has recovered?
It's worth a call now, even if you're not ready to make any decisions. Evidence and witness memories fade quickly, and getting started early lets us preserve what matters while you focus on your child. There's no pressure and no cost to talk.
Was your child injured because of someone else's negligence in Greater New Orleans? Talk to a firm that will treat your child's case — and your family — with the care it deserves.
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Bono Law Firm, APLC · 3801 North Causeway Blvd, Ste. 206, Metairie, LA 70002 · Serving Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany, St. Charles, and the surrounding parishes · Se Habla Español
