Jefferson County Daycare Abuse Attorney

When you send your child to a daycare facility, you expect them to be safe and given an attentive level of supervision. Unfortunately, too many daycare facilities cut corners or hire employees who deliberately mistreat children in their care. When you discover your child has been neglected or harmed, you may understandably be wondering about your legal options.

At Tommy James Law, we make it our mission to help families account negligent or abusive daycare facilities accountable for their misconduct. Our Jefferson County daycare abuse lawyer has over 25 years of experience and can offer the tenacious advocacy you need to seek justice on behalf of your child. We have the skills and knowledge necessary to win these cases and will do everything we can to recover the compensation your family deserves.

Call (205) 843-5086 or contact us online to request a free initial consultation. Our firm serves clients throughout the state of Alabama.

Types of Daycare Abuse

Children are inherently vulnerable. Not only are they generally unable to physically defend themselves, but they also may not have the ability to recognize something is not okay or communicate that they are in distress. You also will not be able to monitor everything that happens at a daycare facility. 

This dynamic allows bad actors to shirk their responsibility to children left in their care. It can even result in situations where children are physically or emotionally abused. 

Daycare abuse can take many forms, including:

• Deliberate or inadvertent failure to adequately supervise children
• Insufficient employee-to-child ratio, meaning a caregiver is forced to look after too many children at once
• Unsafe conditions, such as poorly maintained playground equipment or choking hazards being within children’s reach 
• Physical harm, including the use of excessive force (grabbing a child’s wrist so hard it bruises, for example) 
• Mental abuse, such as screaming at a child or insulting them repeatedly
• Failing to accommodate a child’s needs, including dietary restrictions

Any form of neglect can lead to serious injuries or illness, even though the employee or employees did not intend to cause harm. For example, a failure to properly supervise children could lead to a child improperly climbing a structure, falling, and hurting themselves. Failing to remember a child’s dietary needs could result in them experiencing a dangerous allergic reaction. 

Other types of abuse may be the result of deliberate misconduct. For whatever reason, an employee could intentionally subject a child to physical or emotional harm or deny them basic necessities, including clean and safe conditions. 

Though some injuries are completely accidental, you should not assume an incident was entirely unavoidable. Our Jefferson County daycare abuse attorney can evaluate your situation and determine whether you have a case.