daycare News

Georgia Jury Awards $9.85 Million in Child’s Drowning

A Gwinnett County jury has awarded $9.85 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by parents of a 2-year-old who died in a daycare facility in Buford, Georgia. The child’s parents, Kemi Green and Gbolohan Bankolemoh, enrolled their …

Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants All Daycares Insured

An exemption that allows some daycare operators not to carry liability insurance coverage should be removed, a state lawmaker told a legislative panel. More than 1,500 home-based daycare operators and nearly 140 day care centers in the state don’t carry …

Arkansas Kids’ Psychiatric Center Settles Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal anti-discrimination agency says a psychiatric in-patient treatment center has agreed to pay $87,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming retaliation was the motive for firing four employees. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission announced the …