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It's Not About the Money, It's About Safer Day Care Centers in Tennessee

The Jackson Sun ran a follow-up story concerning the $1.5 million verdict obtained by Sadler Bailey and Wilton McNeely from Bailey & Greer. The case involved the death of a 22-month-old toddler who died after choking on a peach in a daycare. The daycare failed to follow state regulations regarding mealtime supervision, but the daycare and its insurance company refused to take personal responsibility for the tragedy, thus forcing a lawsuit and trial. LaFonda Bond, the mother of the toddler, hopes that cases like hers will make other daycares throughout the state safer. To LaFonda, it's not about the money; it's about making sure a tragedy like this never happens to another parent. Recent proposals to change Tennessee law would place an arbitrary limit on the amount of money a jury could award in a wrongful death lawsuit like LaFonda's. To read the full article in The Jackson Sun, click here.