CK is just 23 months old. That day, at the Bay Club daycare in El Segundo, California, he approached his caregiver and stretched out his arms, the way children do when they trust an adult.
Security cameras recorded what happened next: the employee swung him into the air, tossed him over her head, and could not catch him. CK fell to the floor, and she stumbled and nearly collapsed on top of him. According to the lawsuit filed by Matt and Elena Kittle, his parents, an employee told them the fall had been only half a meter. The video would show something else: nearly 1.80 meters high.
CK ended up at Torrance Hospital with a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss that persists to this day. The lawsuit accuses the club of negligence, fraud, and operating without the license California requires to care for children. You entrust your child to someone thinking they will protect them. What would you do if they told you it was just a little bump?