As summer winds down and kids are finishing up their summer camp activities it is important to note that when injuries do occur at summer camp there are obligations that camps have to keep children in their care safe. While not all injuries can be prevented there are logical steps that camps should be aware of and take to prevent as many injuries as possible.
Camps, camp leaders, and camp counselors should:
- Take reasonable care to ensure that situations that are foreseeable and risky are avoided.
- Be aware that situations that would be obvious for adults to avoid may not be as obvious for children to avoid and therefore should be monitored.
- Make the assumption that children do not exercise the same level of caution as adults and, therefore, are open to greater risk.
Parents who send their children to summer camp are accepting a certain level of risk that should be acknowledged by the fact that camps often do activities that are outside the realm of what a child might do at a typical day at school. However, if the above considerations are not met a Connecticut personal injury attorney may be able to help you.
