Injuries Inflicted by Minors: Navigating Parental Liability and Insurance Coverage When Children Cause Harm
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE will address when parents or legal guardians can be held civilly or criminally liable for the actions of minors. The panel will discuss those situations in which liability can arise, including acts involving computers, the relevance of the child's culpability, insurance coverage issues, subrogation, theories of liability, defenses, and damages. The panel will also review special issues related to discovery and trial when minors may key witnesses.
Outline
- Sources of parental liability
- Civil liability
- Criminal liability
- Insurance coverage issues
- Subrogation issues
- Third-party caregivers, e.g. foster parents
- Factors considered in parental accountability cases
- Defenses
- Damages
- Dealing with children in litigation
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are typical limits and exclusions that have to be navigated to secure insurance coverage?
- Does parental liability extend to copyright and other computer law violations, online crimes, and the like?
- What is the effect of a minor child's intentional disobedience of parental instructions or limits?
- When can parents or other adults be criminally liable for the acts of minors?
- Are parents strictly liable for unintentional damage caused by their children?
- Who is the insured under a homeowners' policy?
Faculty
Jeffrey J. Kroll
Attorney
Kaveny+Kroll
Mr. Kroll is an award-winning attorney who has represented injured victims of negligence throughout the country... | Read More
Mr. Kroll is an award-winning attorney who has represented injured victims of negligence throughout the country for nearly three decades in the areas of trucking accidents, products liability, and medical malpractice. In 2017, he was part of the trial team that obtained a record-breaking $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a dancer who was paralyzed when a shelter collapsed on her at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Overall, Mr. Kroll's verdicts and settlements have exceeded $1 million on 80 separate occasions. He has lectured on over 160 occasions throughout the country on personal injury and wrongful death matters. Mr. Kroll has had more than 140 legal articles published on topics ranging from strategic jury selection and maximizing an injured client’s recovery, to successfully handling wrongful death cases and preparing and cross-examining expert witnesses. He is well known in Chicago media for countless segments and publications, and has taught Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Law at DePaul University and Northwestern Law School. Mr. Kroll was the only Illinois attorney to be published in the Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 4th Edition, released by Trial Guides and the American Association for Justice.
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John J. Malm
Founder and Principal
John J. Malm & Associates Personal Injury Lawyers
Mr. Malm has more than 30 years of experience in personal injury litigation. He is the founder and principal of John J.... | Read More
Mr. Malm has more than 30 years of experience in personal injury litigation. He is the founder and principal of John J. Malm & Associates, with offices in Naperville and St. Charles, Ill. Mr. Malm leads a team of six attorneys, practicing exclusively in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury law. The firm’s practice focuses on motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, dog bites and product liability. Mr. Malm’s work on behalf of individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death litigation has led to significant recoveries.
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