Lawsuit alleges abuse at south Charlotte KinderCare

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A lawsuit against a south Charlotte day care claims a child was abused and the day care operators didn't do enough to help the child.

The alleged abuse happened at KinderCare on Park Road in July of 2014, but the child's parents just filed that suit.

The child in the case would have been 3 years old at the time, and his family said a worker slammed him into a wall.

"It's surprising,” a parent, Benny Taylor, said. “It's very surprising. I've had nothing but good experiences here."

The suit said the defendant, an employee, snatched the child by his arm and pulled him into a classroom.

The defendant yelled, screamed and proceeded to lift the child over her head and throw him against a wall.

The suit claims the child suffered a traumatic brain injury, scratches and abrasions due to physical abuse.

The suit also says defendants failed to obtain immediate medical attention, or even make any attempt to contact his parents. Instead, they allowed the child to suffer and to wait for his father to pick him up.

The state investigated the allegations and determined there was some truth, but didn't describe the details in the same way as this suit.

The company doesn't indicate whether they intend to fight the suit.

Park Road KinderCare center statement:

"We recently learned that a former family filed a lawsuit against KinderCare. The safety and well-being of the children in our care is one of our highest priorities. We take all concerns about our center environment and our staff seriously. The allegations in the lawsuit do not reflect the care our teachers provide every child every day in every one of our centers. We simply do not tolerate any behavior that would cause children harm.

This lawsuit stems from allegations made against a now former teacher three years ago. Once we were aware of those allegations back in July of 2014, we took immediate steps to work with the state’s child care licensing division to look into the matter. As a result of this incident, the teacher involved was let go from our center in 2014.

Since then we’ve worked closely with licensing to retrain all of our teachers on a variety of topics, including child guidance, to ensure nothing like this ever happens again in our center."

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