$3M

Case Details

This case is about an adult that placed an 8-years old uncommunicative child in a tub of scalding hot water, causing injuries that resulted in the child’s death. On March 25, 2015 defendant, U., was assigned by her employer to provide in-home care services to A., an eight-year old child. A. could not talk or communicate verbally because of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, a genetic disorder, from which he suffered since birth. U. was in our client’s home and ran hot water into the bathtub in order to give the child a bath. U. placed the child in the bathtub and turned her attention to other matters while A. sat in the tub of scalding hot water. When U. returned her attention to the child, she saw the bath water was burning A. and pulled him out of the tub. A. had severe burns that resulted in his death on April 20, 2015.