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In October 2022, teachers at a preschool in Forney, Texas, allowed a young girl to enter the bathroom unsupervised. While caregivers watched the other children playing, the heavy bathroom door shut on the girl’s right hand and fingers, severely injuring them.
Despite the obvious bleeding, teachers at the preschool in Forney did not seek immediate medical attention for the young girl. Instead, teachers downplayed the severity of the girl’s hand and finger injuries by telling her parents she suffered a “small cut on her finger” and refused to send pictures of the injuries to the parents.
When the girl’s parents arrived at the Forney preschool at the end of the day to pick up their daughter, her fingers were still bleeding. They immediately rushed her to a local emergency room, where doctors performed surgery and placed her hand and fingers in a cast.
The girl’s parents contacted our experienced North Texas daycare and childcare injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm to get answers and hold the negligent Forney preschool accountable for causing their daughter’s severe injuries and failing to respond properly. Our lawyers got justice by securing a settlement for the family to help them move forward and cover damages ranging from medical bills to the trauma of the little girl’s disfigurement.
How Did the Forney Preschool Fail This Young Girl?
All childcare facilities in Texas, including the preschool in Forney, are required to follow childcare safety laws known as the minimum standards. These laws are meant to protect children from harm, including severe injuries like the young girl in this case. Unfortunately for the child, her injuries could have easily been avoided with the watchful eyes of the preschool’s caregivers, as is required by the minimum standards.
The Forney preschool also failed this little girl and her parents when it disregarded the minimum standards by:
- Caregivers displaying a lack of competency and good judgment
- Failing to ensure all teachers and caregivers at the preschool were trained and knew what to do in the event of an emergency
- Neglecting to intervene to ensure the young girl’s safety
- Not having appropriate visual and auditory awareness of each child
- Not maintaining a safe environment at the preschool
- Opting not to contact emergency medical services despite the obvious severity of the girl’s finger injury
- Providing the girl’s parents with false information about their daughter’s finger injury
The incident involving the little girl’s severe finger injury was not the first time the Forney preschool had neglected to properly supervise the children in its care. The preschool had previous citations from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for multiple supervision failures, one of which was issued just two months before the girl’s severe hand and finger injuries at the school.
How The Button Law Firm Got Justice for The Young Girl and Her Family
The young girl’s hand and finger injuries caused by the lack of supervision at the Forney preschool were very severe. Doctors treated her with surgery to correct the injuries as much as possible. However, even with surgery, the little girl’s hand and fingers were permanently disfigured.
Wearing a cast and having permanent scars caused the girl to miss out on common childhood activities.
As you can imagine, the young girl was also traumatized by caregivers, leaving her to suffer in extreme pain for several hours until her parents arrived at the end of the day and took her to the emergency room.
Our North Texas daycare and childcare injury lawyers helped the young girl and her family move forward with a settlement agreement. The Forney preschool was held accountable for its safety failures and forced to compensate the family for their monetary and noneconomic damages. The settlement covered the girl’s costly medical bills and the resources needed to help her long healing journey.
Help Your Family with Our Texas Daycare and Childcare Injury Lawyers
Our team of experienced and compassionate daycare and childcare injury lawyers at The Button Law Firm is dedicated to advocating for you and your family if your child was seriously hurt because a childcare facility anywhere in Texas failed to follow the state’s childcare safety laws. At The Button Law Firm, we are ready to listen, fight for your family, and help your family move forward. Our lawyers in Dallas, Houston, and Midland are recognized on the prestigious Texas Super Lawyers list, and we can help guide you after a traumatizing incident involving your child. We work on contingency, meaning we don’t charge you or collect any upfront fees to get started on your case. Call us at 214-699-4409 or fill out a contact form for a free case evaluation.
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