LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A lawsuit was filed against an east Louisville day care after a child was found unresponsive last year and later died.
In December, 13-month-old Shivani Jishnu was rushed to the hospital from Kayfield Academy 2Â on Nelson Miller Parkway and put on life support. She died weeks later, and there was an emergency suspension of Kayfield's license dated two days later.
The lawsuit accuses the day care of violating the state mandated staff ratio and blames Kayfield and its employee for the child's death. The lawsuit says the child had trouble breathing, went into cardiac arrest and suffered hypoxia, which is brought on by oxygen level in the blood and arteries dipping below normal.Â
Terry Goodspeed, the family's attorney says the child was not napping, "Kayfield initially lied to the first responders with this information which is what the medical providers relied upon when treating Shivani."
He says, "We now know that Shivani was not napping as her nap was between 12:00-2:00 and the incident occurred just at 4:00." He says, "Shivani was awake, conscious and under the care of the defendant when the incident happened."
Kayfield's attorney has not replied to a request for comment.
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