The family’s young child attended a licensed child-care center in The Colony, Texas. Like any parent leaving a toddler in someone else’s hands, they trusted the center’s staff to be patient, careful, and gentle with a child far too small to advocate for themselves.
According to the family, during nap time one of the center’s workers tried to force the child to lie down. The family alleges that what should have been a routine, calm part of the day instead became an incident in which their toddler was physically mishandled by the very person who was supposed to be caring for the child.
The family alleges the center’s negligence caused their child both physical injury and psychological harm. That kind of harm is especially serious in a child this young, who cannot explain what happened or why. The family brought their concerns to our firm.
The center is a licensed child-care facility in The Colony, expected to meet established standards for supervising and caring for young children. Texas child-care rules exist to make sure that the adults in a classroom respond to a restless toddler with patience and appropriate technique rather than with force.
We pursued the case in Denton County and worked to develop the facts through the litigation process, including the center’s own records and the state child-care licensing materials related to the incident. A daycare that holds itself out as a safe, professional place for infants and toddlers takes on the duty to make sure no child in its care is handled roughly during something as ordinary as nap time.
We represented the family and filed suit against the operator of the center in Denton County. We brought claims for negligence and for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and we pressed the case on behalf of both the child and the child’s parent. Because the injured party is a minor, the resolution was handled with the protections Texas law provides for a child’s claim.
A daycare does not get to take a family’s trust and a family’s money and then handle their child with force. We held this center accountable for what the family went through.
We represented the family and filed suit against the operator of the center in Denton County. We brought claims for negligence and for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and we pressed the case on behalf of both the child and the child’s parent. Because the injured party is a minor, the resolution was handled with the protections Texas law provides for a child’s claim.
A daycare does not get to take a family’s trust and a family’s money and then handle their child with force. We held this center accountable for what the family went through.
The matter resolved between the family and the operator of the center. The terms of the resolution are confidential.
