DALLAS -
The mother of a 2-year-old girl is suing a day care center for what she says is negligence that led to the toddler's choking death.
"She was my world," a tearful Marcy Osorio said. "I didn't even want to send her to day care. But I had to work."
Her daughter, Isabella Estep, choked on a piece of gravel last year at the Woodbridge Day School in Dallas.
"It still doesn't make sense to me how nobody saw her choke in the first place," Osorio said. "Nobody did the Heimlich maneuver on her to try to get it out of her."
Osorio is filing a lawsuit that cites improper supervision by a teacher as the reason why Isabella remained unconscious for six to 10 minutes before an adult found her.
Attorney Jeff Rasansky said the teacher also did not have required first-aid training, and the day care center changed ownership so records of the incident wouldn't come up in a search of state child care centers.
"How are they allowed to close down the facility and sell this facility to somebody else so the slate can be wiped clean?" Rasansky said.
Osorio wondered the same.
"It upsets me, because you should be able to go on the Web site, on the Texas Web site, and be able to look up about the day care and be able to find things like this so you can decide whether you want to take your kid there," she said.
The former owner of Woodbridge, Robert Hall, could not be reached for comment today.
But Marissa Gonzales, spokeswoman for theTexas Department of Family and Protective Services, says Hall does not appear to be linked to the governance of Woodbridge Day School after it changed hands.
"Once a day care closes, their information is removed from the public Web site to avoid confusion," Gonzales said. "The current operation has a different owner and director. It is essentially a new day care."
We tried to visit the new owner, Doris Davis, at the day care center, but those inside the facility refused to open the doors to the media.
But employee Ashley Lindsey, who started teaching at the center two months ago, said she's shocked to hear about Isabella's death last year. She said all the teachers there now meet state regulations.
"We're all CPR- and first-aid certified. We just did a class about three weeks ago," Lindsey said. "It's sad to hear about [Isabella's death], and I hope everything works out."
"She was my world," a tearful Marcy Osorio said. "I didn't even want to send her to day care. But I had to work."
Her daughter, Isabella Estep, choked on a piece of gravel last year at the Woodbridge Day School in Dallas.
"It still doesn't make sense to me how nobody saw her choke in the first place," Osorio said. "Nobody did the Heimlich maneuver on her to try to get it out of her."
Osorio is filing a lawsuit that cites improper supervision by a teacher as the reason why Isabella remained unconscious for six to 10 minutes before an adult found her.
Attorney Jeff Rasansky said the teacher also did not have required first-aid training, and the day care center changed ownership so records of the incident wouldn't come up in a search of state child care centers.
"How are they allowed to close down the facility and sell this facility to somebody else so the slate can be wiped clean?" Rasansky said.
Osorio wondered the same.
"It upsets me, because you should be able to go on the Web site, on the Texas Web site, and be able to look up about the day care and be able to find things like this so you can decide whether you want to take your kid there," she said.
The former owner of Woodbridge, Robert Hall, could not be reached for comment today.
But Marissa Gonzales, spokeswoman for theTexas Department of Family and Protective Services, says Hall does not appear to be linked to the governance of Woodbridge Day School after it changed hands.
"Once a day care closes, their information is removed from the public Web site to avoid confusion," Gonzales said. "The current operation has a different owner and director. It is essentially a new day care."
We tried to visit the new owner, Doris Davis, at the day care center, but those inside the facility refused to open the doors to the media.
But employee Ashley Lindsey, who started teaching at the center two months ago, said she's shocked to hear about Isabella's death last year. She said all the teachers there now meet state regulations.
"We're all CPR- and first-aid certified. We just did a class about three weeks ago," Lindsey said. "It's sad to hear about [Isabella's death], and I hope everything works out."
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