A BUS DRIVER ABANDONED THIS CHILD! HOW WE HELPED THE FAMILY SECURE JUSTICE
Did you know that every year, hundreds of children are injured by “external causes” like heat and cold at Texas daycares? This typically happens when the staff forgets a child somewhere — on a bus, on the daycare’s playground, or even in their school parking lot. Our team recently represented a sweet little boy named Jamie*. Jamie attended daycare before school, and one January morning, his daycare bus driver dropped him off earlier than planned. When the bus pulled away at 7:22 a.m., the driver left Jamie standing in an empty parking lot. He tried to open the door to his school, hoping to shelter inside — but it was locked. Jamie panicked. Sitting in the parking lot, he felt lonely, afraid, and abandoned. Would the bus driver come back? Was his school even opening that day? Would he be alone in the parking lot forever? These fears plagued him until teachers finally arrived to open the school at 7:35 a.m. Thirteen minutes doesn’t seem like a long time to an adult, but it’s an eternity for a small child. Worse, the daycare lied to Jamie’s mother about what happened to protect their negligent,
untrained bus driver. They told her that the bus driver released Jamie to a teacher when video footage showed him wandering the parking lot alone in the winter cold. This footage likely wouldn’t have been discovered if Jamie’s mother never reached out to our team to investigate. With the evidence we acquired, it was clear that the daycare had lied, and Jamie was left in the cold by himself. Jamie’s mother also explained that after the incident, Jamie refused to listen and threw constant tantrums — two clear signs of separation anxiety and abandonment issues. When we dug into the daycare’s history, we found a long list of citations from the state of Texas for improper training, inappropriate punishment, and more. So, we sprung into action to hold them accountable. We laid out the facts of Jamie’s case to the daycare’s insurance company and showed them that there was obvious neglect. This helped us secure recovery for Jaime so he could move forward past this trauma. We’re so grateful we could make it happen.
*The name has been changed to protect our client’s privacy.
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