North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Our North Carolina Personal Injury Attorneys know that your child's safety and well being are of paramount importance to you while you are away at work and they are at your local day care center. Unfortunately, we see stories in the news everyday about children being mistreated, sustaining injuries and even killed while at their day care centers.

A few months ago, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police arrested three people in a drug bust at a home next door to the Tele-Time Academy day care center in East Charlotte. Desmond Nelson, 21, was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine within 300 feet of a school. He was also charged with related drug paraphernalia charges and weapon charges. Sekeena Woodward, 39, was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. A third person, Alexis Jackson, 29, was arrested on outstanding warrants that were not related to possession or distribution of drugs. Previously, parents of children at the day care facility had complained about being hassled by the people hanging out at the house next door.

In another case, a former day care center employee was charged with assaulting five children while employed at Kid's Korner Child Development Center in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The employee, Whitney Belk, was charged after parents complained to the center and police were alerted. Belk was fired from the day care center after she was caught on a surveillance camera mistreating five different children, according to Cindy Stack, the founder of Kid's Korner. After the charges were filed, Ms. Stack and her daughter, who runs the center, organized a parent meeting to discuss what had happened and to assure them that their children would be safe there. This was allegedly the first incident the facility had since its beginning in 1984.

Finally, a three year old Gaffney, South Carolina, girl was killed when she bumped into a pile of wood causing it to fall on her in the gym at West End Baptist Church. Tragically, she died after being airlifted to Spartanburg Regional Hospital.

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Three year old Alyssa Jade Mayfield was killed at West End Baptist Church in Gaffney, SC, when a stack of wood fell on her. Investigators believe the toddler bumped into a pallet of stacked wood in the gym while trying to pick up a ball. The minor was airlifted to Spartanburg Regional Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

Day care facilities have a legal obligation to provide a safe environment for the children in their care. When a day care facility fails to meet its responsibility in keeping children safe, an experienced attorney can help make them accountable. For your free consultation, call 704-364-3361.