{"id":1274672,"date":"2023-11-10T12:44:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T18:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1274672"},"modified":"2023-11-14T04:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:03:54","slug":"lawsuit-claims-child-suffered-second-degree-burns-due-to-daycares-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1274672","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit claims child suffered due to daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"MARSHALL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our news colleagues at KETK report that a Marshall mother filed a lawsuit against a local daycare last week, claiming her 11-month-old suffered second-degree burns due to the daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence. According to the lawsuit, Ashley McMullen put her daughter under the care of Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center on Aug. 3 where she was taken outside without shoes or socks on and was allowed to walk barefoot in 104-degree heat.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am heartbroken because my daughter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s severe burns could have easily been prevented by common sense,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McMullen said in a statement. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everyone knows the Texas heat is dangerous in August, and these caregivers should know infants have particularly delicate skin. I am beside myself that Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center took my baby outside without socks or shoes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nPhoto of child’s foot courtesy of the lawsuit.Photo of the child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s foot courtesy of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Officials with Texas Health and Human Services said Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center voluntarily closed on Aug. 28 and the operation had been cited for the following violations:<\/p>\n

Responsibilities of Employees and Caregiver to Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
\nResponsibilities of Employees and Caregivers to Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited (Abuse\/Neglect)<\/p>\n

The lawsuit states McMullen is seeking monetary relief of more than $1 million \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ultimately to be determined by a jury,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153asking for answers and asking that Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center accept responsibility.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center has not responded to a request for comment, and the phone number tied to the former daycare is no longer in service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MARSHALL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Our news colleagues at KETK report that a Marshall mother filed a lawsuit against a local daycare last week, claiming her 11-month-old suffered second-degree burns due to the daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence. According to the lawsuit, Ashley McMullen put her daughter under the care of Ms. Anita\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Academic Center on Aug. 3 where she was … Continue reading Lawsuit claims child suffered due to daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1274677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/2307cf540bc8f18298007d628462b026-175x98.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Lawsuit claims child suffered second-degree burns due to Marshall daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1274672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 08:50:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/11\/2307cf540bc8f18298007d628462b026-175x98.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Lawsuit claims child suffered second-degree burns due to Marshall daycare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s negligence","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274672"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274999,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274672\/revisions\/1274999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1274672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1274672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}