An 8-year-old Brooklyn woman was scalded after taking a sip from a “hazardous” water fountain at her Inwood faculty, her household alleged in a lawsuit.
The third-grader, recognized in courtroom papers solely as L.E., suffered burns on her lips, mouth, and face from the fountain, which was deliberately related to scorching water pipes to accommodate workers who make heat drinks, her household alleged.
However staffers at Dos Amigos, a metropolis constitution faculty at 108 Cooper St. in Bushwick, didn’t ship her residence or alert her dad and mom, her father contended in courtroom papers.
And as an alternative of taking duty for the Jan. 10, 2024 incident, “Dos Amigos eliminated the fountain the very subsequent day, in an obvious effort to cover the proof and/or forestall L.E.’s dad and mom from investigating the matter and/or taking any photos of the fountain,” the household mentioned within the authorized submitting.
The hazardous fountain “lacked a security valve,” mentioned household lawyer Marc Held.
The fountain was eliminated “whereas her dad and mom had been assembly with the varsity administration in order to forestall the dad and mom from inspecting the fountain themselves,” Held added.
Dos Amigos serves kindergarteners by way of fourth graders as a part of the College within the Sq., a gaggle of public metropolis constitution faculties.
The household is searching for unspecified damages from town, the Division of Schooling, and College within the Sq..
The Division of Schooling referred inquiries to the College within the Sq., which didn’t reply to a message searching for remark.
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