Daycare accidents caused by negligence of a daycare facility owner or the intentional tortious conduct of any employee can lead to a level of pain and suffering to victims and their families that is rarely seen in other types of cases. The reason for this is because there are few things more scary for parents of young children than leaving them in another person’s care for the first time. There is so much trust conferred to the daycare provider and his or her staff. When something bad happens, the violation feels unbearable.
According to a recent news article form WGAL, a woman daycare employee was recently accused of choking children in her care and beating them with objects such as spoons. Authorities say daycare worker would choke and beat the kids with wooden spoons when they would cry, and this was here method of getting them to be quiet when they would not listen to her commands. Some of the children in her care allegedly subject to this abuse were as young as three years old. Continue reading