Personal Injury Law

Lawsuit Claims Negligence in Texas Daycare Death

By Greg Owen

Attorneys representing Dallas' Rasansky Law Firm announced the lawsuit on behalf of the mother of a two-year-old girl who choked to death on a piece of gravel at a northeast Dallas daycare center in 2008.

According to the wrongful death lawsuit filed in the 44th District Court in Dallas, employees at the Woodbridge Day School located on Plano Road failed to notice when 2-year old Isabella Estep started choking on a small rock and collapsed inside the school on Oct. 31, 2008. Despite activity all around the unconscious child, 5-10 minutes passed before any school employees realized something was wrong. Isabella later died after being transported to a local hospital.

According to Texas Department of Family and Human Services, the girl's teacher, Mia Jennings, did not meet state required qualifications and was not trained in CPR and first aid. The investigation also discovered inadequate supervision.

Attorneys for Isabella's family also allege that the school's owners prevented the results of the investigation from being made public by selling the school. According to the TDFPS investigator, Mr. Hall said he wanted to "sell the operation as quickly as possible" if the state planned to close the facility. As a result of the sale, the school has continued to operate without information about Isabella's death being available on the state database used by other parents when selecting a day care facility.

The Dallas County medical examiner ruled the choking an accident.

Full post as published by Glendale Personal Injury Lawyer on November 07, 2009 (boomark / email).