Home Day-Care Center Responsible for Negligent Homicide?
Last week, a kitchen fire at Jackie’s Child Care, a home day-care center, became dangerous and deadly, killing three children and injuring four. At least two of the injured children remain in critical condition, fighting for their lives.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has just initiated it investigation, but already information has emerged that Jackie’s Child Care was in violation of state law. Despite regulations limiting no more than six children under pre-school age in registered child-care homes, Jackie’s Child Care hosted seven children at the time of the fire. The oldest children at the center were just three years old.
The negligence demonstrated by Jackie’s Child Care is unconscionable. Tragically, however, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Child-care homes across the state of Texas regularly violate Texas Department of Family and Protective Services regulations every day. If you’re children attend a child-care facility, you need to ask questions about their quality of care. Don’t know which questions to ask? Let the legal experts at Fears | Nachawati advise you. Call 1.866.705.7584 or send an email to info@fnlawfirm.com.
