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[quote=Anonymous]Diplotots was not cleared. The baby's parents just filed suit. 
This is what happened: an 11-month old baby was playing outside on the school playground in the afternoon. Baby touched a plate of black glass that was hot from the sun, and sustained second degree burns on its hands. None of the teachers noticed this, despite the fact that the baby was crying "hysterically" (another parent's description). Parents came to pick up the baby, and in the car they noticed the blisters on the hands. Daycare director said she had no idea what happened. Parents went to the emergency room, the baby got morphine and the skin on the palms was scraped - possible nerve damage. Because daycare claimed they had no idea what happened, parents went through many rounds of questioning by child services, police, etc. Now apparently this had happened to another baby a few years ago (second degree burns on hands while playing outside), and the director, upon learning of the new incident, had the windows checked immediately, to see how hot they were; but did not tell the parents that it probably was the windows. 
The parents are asking for $1MM in damages and $2MM in punitive damages. Child Protection Services did an investigation, which concluded that no one at the daycare intentionally harmed the baby, but it by no means "cleared" Diplotots. 
I hope the parents get every penny. It is shocking to me that this could happen at a daycare, even more shocking that they knew this was a problem and did NOTHING about it. I wonder if they fixed the problem now. I don't think any of the teachers were fired, the director certainly is still there.  [/quote]

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