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Daycare centers are supposed to be safe places where we can leave our children. At these facilities, they should get the care and attention they need when we can’t be at home with them. Unfortunately, not all daycares are equally reputable, and cases of daycare abuse sometimes arise. If your child is being abused or neglected, you should contact a Parma daycare abuse lawyer to discuss your options.
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The team here at Rumizen Weisman Attorneys cares deeply about our community and the children who reside within it. We’re committed to maintaining an up-to-date understanding of daycare abuse laws and how they can be applied to hold negligent or abusive childcare professionals accountable for their actions. You can trust us to help you with everything from compiling evidence to filing your claim or even taking the daycare to trial.
The 2023 Children’s Bureau annual child abuse and neglect report showed a decrease in child maltreatment of 19.3% from 2019. The highest rate of child abuse is in children under the age of one, at 21 cases per 1,000 children. 2022 saw nearly 196,000 child abuse cases reported in Ohio, including incidents at daycare facilities.
It’s important to make sure anyone mistreating a child faces justice for their actions, but daycare workers must be held to a higher standard. If your child might have been neglected or abused, the first thing you should do is have them medically evaluated at a facility like UH Parma Medical Center. Next, you should hire a daycare abuse lawyer to file a formal complaint and a claim against the facility.
Negligent supervision refers to a failure to provide a level of supervision that a reasonably careful person would offer under the same circumstances. In the case of daycare workers, it applies to:
Daycare facilities must constantly monitor their environments for potential threats and dangers. Not all of them are as obvious as those listed above. In some cases, monitoring the environment and taking action against a potentially dangerous outcome is as simple as stopping a child from pushing another person on the playground.
If your child was injured as a result of neglect, the legal concept of negligent supervision allows you to file a claim against the daycare itself for the actions or inaction of its workers.
Most daycare injury claims are covered under the theory of negligence, meaning that an adult failed to take action that could have prevented a potential harm caused by the child’s injuries. The clearest indication that the defendant was negligent would be a failure to meet the applicable standards of care laid out by the state. However, you and your attorney can collect other forms of evidence to show that your child’s injuries were caused by a childcare worker’s neglect. Your lawyer can then evaluate it to determine how much compensation you can pursue.
The theory of negligent supervision means that if any daycare worker physically or sexually abuses your child, you can hold the organization as a whole responsible for the individual’s actions. Your civil claim against the daycare will be separate from any criminal case based on the same conduct.
If your child’s daycare failed to properly conduct background checks on potential employees or did not respond to a series of concerning incidents regarding a current employee, you can hold the facility liable. A daycare can generally compensate a child and their parents more fully for any harm than an individual childcare worker could.
How much compensation you can get for childhood abuse at a daycare depends on the specifics of the case. If your child suffered severe injuries, your compensation package will be larger than it would be had they only gotten a few minor cuts and bruises. To maximize the value of your claim, speak with a child injury attorney before you move forward.
You can report a daycare for abuse in Ohio by contacting Cuyahoga County Child Protective Services. There is also a statewide hotline you can call to get connected to the right agency. If your child is in immediate danger, call 911 to report the incident. For non-emergency situations, such as violations of health and safety regulations, you can also contact the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
It is worth filing a formal complaint against a daycare. You trust daycare workers to take exceptional care of your children. If they’re committing acts of abuse or neglect, they deserve to be made accountable. You can also do this by filing a claim against the daycare with the aid of a Parma daycare abuse attorney.
You can file a complaint against a daycare in several ways:
If you suspect that your child has been subject to abuse or neglect by their daycare workers, you need to contact a Parma daycare abuse lawyer as soon as possible. Rumizen Weisman Attorneys can represent you. Our team has been handling daycare abuse cases for years. We can file your claim, too. Contact us to schedule an initial consultation today.
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