The recent drowning death of 11-month-old James Farrior of Queens draws attention to the connection between industrial sized buckets and water-related child injuries and drowning. The tragic accident also highlights an example of potential negligence by an adult that was paid to provide childcare for the young victim.
The New York Daily News reports that the child died after falling into a large mop bucket that had been left unattended by Farrior’s babysitter, Kristal Khan, 28. Some of the facts of the case illustrate potential negligence on Khan’s part.
Listed below are a few of the factors of the case, as reported by the Daily News:
- At the time of a child’s drowning accident, Farrior was under the care and supervision of Khan, who ran an illegal daycare operation
- Khan left Farrior unsupervised in a room that contained a seven-gallon bucket that was three quarters filled with liquid
- Khan was unable to give police a clear account of how the child’s drowning occurred
- The court initially charged Khan with “endangering the welfare of a child,” which qualifies as a misdemeanor
Depending on other circumstances in the case, the family of the child victim could consult with a child injury lawyer to discuss a wrongful death lawsuit.
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