An 8-year-old Brooklyn lady 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 sizzling 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 dwelling or alert her mother and father, her father contended in courtroom papers.
And as a substitute of taking accountability for the Jan. 10, 2024 incident, “Dos Amigos removed the fountain the very next day, in an apparent effort to hide the evidence and/or prevent L.E.’s parents from investigating the matter and/or taking any pictures of the fountain,” the household stated within the authorized submitting.
The hazardous fountain “lacked a safety valve,” stated household lawyer Marc Held.
The fountain was eliminated “while her parents were meeting with the school administration so as to prevent the parents from inspecting the fountain themselves,” Held added.
Dos Amigos serves kindergarteners via fourth graders as a part of the Faculty within the Sq., a bunch of public metropolis constitution colleges.
The household is in search of unspecified damages from the town, the Division of Training, and Faculty within the Sq..
The Division of Training referred inquiries to the Faculty within the Sq., which didn’t reply to a message in search of remark.
