{"id":391303,"date":"2026-07-08T23:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391303\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:57:18","slug":"california-daycare-worker-dropped-2-year-old-causing-brain-injury-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391303\/","title":{"rendered":"California daycare worker dropped 2-year-old, causing brain injury: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n7jgljw323226pwn.jpg\" alt=\"Lawsuit alleges El Segundo daycare covered up toddler's severe injury\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n7jgljw323226pwn.jpg\" alt=\"Lawsuit alleges El Segundo daycare covered up toddler's severe injury\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-62bd84fd=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">EL SEGUNDO, Calif. &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles <\/a>family has filed a lawsuit against an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> El Segundo<\/a>-based club after their toddler sustained severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, when he was allegedly dropped after being thrown into the air by an employee last March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Child dropped by California Bay Club daycare worker, lawsuit alleges <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The incident happened on March 17, 2025, shortly after the toddler, identified in legal documents as C.K., was dropped off at the Bay Club El Segundo&#8217;s clubhouse for daycare by his father, who then left for the nearby Manhattan Country Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the suit filed by Rosen Saba, LLP., a daycare worker began swinging the boy and lifted him up high, eventually moving the boy over her head before the two fell to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The lawsuit claims the employee tossed the toddler about six feet into the air before failing to catch him.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The 23-month-old child suffered a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss in the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The family is now suing the Bay Club El Segundo for negligence, battery, fraud, and emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Additionally, the family says surveillance video contradicts initial accounts of the incident and also alleges that the childcare center was operating without a required state license.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The other side:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Bay Club El Segundo has released the following statement in response: &#8220;We are unable to comment on ongoing litigation. At the Bay Club, the safety of our members, team members, and the families we serve is our highest priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is compiled from civil lawsuit filings submitted by the law firm Rosen Saba, LLP, along with the daycare facility&#8217;s surveillance footage.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL SEGUNDO, Calif. &#8211; A Los Angeles family has filed a lawsuit against an El Segundo-based club after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,2042,100,1181],"class_list":["post-391303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}