in the matter of Westfield vs.
Tinzley-Williams, step forward.
>> Announcer: Jennifer Westfield
is suing day care provider
Christina Tinzley-Williams
for medical bills and damages
resulting from neglect.
>> Judge Judy: Ms. Westfield,
this is what your case is about.
You had a 10-month-old baby.
He's a little older now.
You took him
to Ms. Williams' day care.
He put something in his mouth,
wasn't injured,
but they had to remove
whatever it was, a sticker.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: You'll have
to explain what that was to me.
And you're suing Ms. Williams
for your medical bills,
for punitive damages
for neglect.
Ms. Williams says, "Listen.
Sometimes babies
pick up things,
and she might've taken
her eyes off him for a second.
That that's what happens.
>> No.
I seen him put it in his mouth,
but I was trying to get it out.
>> Judge Judy: It got there.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
How many children do you have,
Ms. Westfield?
>> Three.
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
>> 13, 10 and 17 months.
>> Judge Judy: So this incident
happened seven months ago?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
Did your 13-year-old
and your 12-year-old ever attend
Ms. Williams' day care?
>> Yes, about five years ago.
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: For how long?
>> Two years.
>> Judge Judy:
And I assume you found her
to be an adequate custodian.
Otherwise, you wouldn't
have brought the baby there.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And for the two years
that your other two
children were in her care,
there were no episodes
with regard to them, I assume,
or you would not
have brought the baby back.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Correct.
So you were otherwise satisfied
with her service.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: What was the date
of this incident?
>> August 12, 2016.
>> Judge Judy:
Now, you have kids
who were 13 and 10.
Has your 13-year-old
ever been to the emergency room?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy:
What about the 10-year-old?
>> She had surgery,
but she was never
in the emergency room.
>> Judge Judy: Either of them
ever break a bone,
fall, need a stitch?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And how many times did the
13-year-old need stitches?
>> Never.
>> Judge Judy: 10-year-old?
>> Just once.
>> Judge Judy:
What was she doing?
>> Skating and she fell.
>> Judge Judy: At home?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And who was watching her?
>> I was.
>> Judge Judy:
Just want you to understand...
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy:
...where I'm going.
So you had a perfectly
fine experience
for several years
with the defendant,
and you started to take
the baby there
because you were working.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And the baby
had spent three weeks
there prior to this incident,
according to your complaint,
without incident.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy:
And you weren't there
when the incident occurred.
You arrived there later
when they were trying to remove
whatever it was
that was in the baby's mouth
from his mouth.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
On what date was this,
Ms. Williams?
>> It was August the 12th.
>> Judge Judy: How many children
were you caring for that day?
>> It was seven at the time.
>> Judge Judy:
And the ages of the children?
>> School age, probably,
like, 7 to newborn.
>> Judge Judy:
And how many people
were watching
these seven children?
>> I have two assistants...
>> Judge Judy: How old are they?
>> ...and myself.
They are 25 and 27.
>> Judge Judy: And you've been
taking care
of children in your home.
I assume this is in your home?
>> Yes, it is.
>> Judge Judy:
For how many years?
>> Since 2008.
>> Judge Judy: Are you licensed?
>> Yes, I am.
>> Judge Judy: In what state?
>> In California.
>> Judge Judy: Have you ever had
your license revoked?
>> No, I haven't.
>> Judge Judy:
And you're still licensed.
>> Yes, I am.
>> Judge Judy:
Do you know what happened
with Ms. Westfield's baby?
>> Yes.
We was doing arts and craft,
and we had stickers
on the table.
And then...
>> Judge Judy:
What does the sticker look like?
Does somebody
have one to show me?
>> It was, like,
a bubble sticker,
so the top is a little round,
and at the bottom, it's flat.
Those are a little bigger
than the sticker
that we actually used.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. Go ahead.
>> And we was doing arts
and craft, and then my assistant
noticed that he grabbed one.
And then when...
>> Judge Judy:
Where was he sitting?
>> He was standing up.
This is at the time
where he was starting to pull up
and started to walk,
so he was grabbing at the table.
And my assistant seen him
with the sticker,
and when I was going to try
to get it out of his mouth...
You know, toddlers
are really fast.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So was he choking?
He had it in his mouth.
>> No, he was never choking.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
But it got stuck?
>> It was on the top
of his mouth,
not in the back of his throat.
>> Judge Judy:
Did you get it out?
>> No, she ended up pulling up
at the same time
when I was trying to get it out,
and she told me
that she wanted to take him
to the hospital to get it out.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And I told her
that I was able to get it out.
Everyone on my facility
is certified
with first aid and CPR.
>> Judge Judy: So you took him
to the emergency room?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy:
And when you got him there,
what did they do for him?
>> Can I rewind back
a little bit?
When I got to her house,
my son was outside
in the driveway.
There was four other
individuals there,
her, her two assistants
and a parent of another child.
My son was being held down
to the ground...
>> Judge Judy:
And they were trying to get...
>> ...while they were
trying to take it out.
>> Judge Judy: I understand.
I got it.
>> And then when I got there, I
was able to pull out a wood chip
and a piece of plastic comb
in front of her.
I took that out of his mouth,
and there was still
the sticker lodged
in the back of his throat.
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