Post by Logan on Mar 27, 2016 1:56:49 GMT -6
The family of a toddler who contracted E. coli and subsequently died has settled a lawsuit against the Greenwood daycare center he attended for $1 million, court records show.
The child, Myles Mayfield, was a student at The Learning Vine in Greenwood when he died of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a potentially fatal complication of E. coli, last May 31, according to court records. He was 2 years old.
Evidence showed that a teacher at the daycare had been sick with E. coli in early May, but that the facility directors “took no action, ignoring state regulations requiring exclusion of the teacher and notification of the parents,” according to a statement from Eric Hageman, the Mayfields’ attorney.
“When questioned in the lawsuit, the directors claimed they did not know the regulations required notification of the parents and that they were not aware of the dangers of E. coli,” the statement read.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2016/03/21/wrongful-death-suit-involving-upstate-daycare-settled/82088424/
The child, Myles Mayfield, was a student at The Learning Vine in Greenwood when he died of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a potentially fatal complication of E. coli, last May 31, according to court records. He was 2 years old.
Evidence showed that a teacher at the daycare had been sick with E. coli in early May, but that the facility directors “took no action, ignoring state regulations requiring exclusion of the teacher and notification of the parents,” according to a statement from Eric Hageman, the Mayfields’ attorney.
“When questioned in the lawsuit, the directors claimed they did not know the regulations required notification of the parents and that they were not aware of the dangers of E. coli,” the statement read.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2016/03/21/wrongful-death-suit-involving-upstate-daycare-settled/82088424/