Ryan
Lifer
My 17 year old sister, her 2 month old daughter, and my mother were at an upscale restaurant for a "going away" party for one of the Airmen in her squadron (it's not really a party - everyone just goes out to eat). Everything was going fine until but as the waitress was serving the food to everyone, she hit the highchair that the baby carrier as locked onto and the baby fell out of her carrier - head first onto the ground, and then her face hit a metal bar that was attached to the ground. The waitress did nothing to aid the situation.
She baby was seated between my mother and sister, but my mother had gotten up to use the bathroom. My sister was talking to the person beside her, so she did not see everything that happened. My sister freaked out, and one of the guys that was with them immediately picked the baby up. She was screaming, then my sister and mother started freaking out and they both grabbed her and immediately left the restaurant to go to the emergency room to see if there was any trauma.
I got a call from the guy that picked the baby up telling me that they were at the emergency room, and that everyone who was at the restaurant was coming also. I went to the ER.
Before they left, the manager and the waitress tried getting them to sign statements of what happened. The waitress is still not admitting anything. Their names (waitress and manager) were taken down, but nobody signed anything. Everyone that was attending the party were military police, including my mother. It also turns out that there was a video camera that was in the restaurant, but it is still unknown whether or not it was filming.
The baby now has a huge vertical welt/bruise on her face, but after taking some CAT scans, it's been found that no trauma happened besides the bruising. They said that everything currently looks fine.
Right now, we have been having to go through the court for a domestic battery incident where the baby's father slapped and tackled my sister (he was arrested, and the police now have got Child Protective Services involved). He has a restraining order out against him, and my sister and parents want to try having his parental rights revoked (he's an alcoholic, drug user, etc, etc). We were considering contacting a lawyer tomorrow about those events, but now we definitely have decided to contact one on what action should be taken with tonight's incident. My mother is going to contact the restaurant owner tomorrow.
Hmmm, it's just aggravating that the waitress is not admitting fault, even after two of the people attending the party have said they saw her bump the high chair.. :frown:
Cliffnotes:
Mom, sister, and her daughter went to restaurant
waitress knocked baby onto floor, now baby has huge bruise/welt on face
witress doesn't admit to knocking her over, even after witnesses say they saw her do it
baby is fine - went to ER for CAT scan
Thinking her persuing legal action...
She baby was seated between my mother and sister, but my mother had gotten up to use the bathroom. My sister was talking to the person beside her, so she did not see everything that happened. My sister freaked out, and one of the guys that was with them immediately picked the baby up. She was screaming, then my sister and mother started freaking out and they both grabbed her and immediately left the restaurant to go to the emergency room to see if there was any trauma.
I got a call from the guy that picked the baby up telling me that they were at the emergency room, and that everyone who was at the restaurant was coming also. I went to the ER.
Before they left, the manager and the waitress tried getting them to sign statements of what happened. The waitress is still not admitting anything. Their names (waitress and manager) were taken down, but nobody signed anything. Everyone that was attending the party were military police, including my mother. It also turns out that there was a video camera that was in the restaurant, but it is still unknown whether or not it was filming.
The baby now has a huge vertical welt/bruise on her face, but after taking some CAT scans, it's been found that no trauma happened besides the bruising. They said that everything currently looks fine.
Right now, we have been having to go through the court for a domestic battery incident where the baby's father slapped and tackled my sister (he was arrested, and the police now have got Child Protective Services involved). He has a restraining order out against him, and my sister and parents want to try having his parental rights revoked (he's an alcoholic, drug user, etc, etc). We were considering contacting a lawyer tomorrow about those events, but now we definitely have decided to contact one on what action should be taken with tonight's incident. My mother is going to contact the restaurant owner tomorrow.
Hmmm, it's just aggravating that the waitress is not admitting fault, even after two of the people attending the party have said they saw her bump the high chair.. :frown:
Cliffnotes:
Mom, sister, and her daughter went to restaurant
waitress knocked baby onto floor, now baby has huge bruise/welt on face
witress doesn't admit to knocking her over, even after witnesses say they saw her do it
baby is fine - went to ER for CAT scan
Thinking her persuing legal action...
