Overview
- The family has refiled the product-liability suit in Pittsburgh, naming Hayward as the sole defendant and citing that most witnesses are based in the area.
- Their complaint alleges a faulty drain cover at the Kupuri Beach Club in Mexico created powerful suction that pinned three-year-old Paloma Quatrini.
- The filing states the force ripped out her small intestine, leaving her without a small bowel and causing permanent digestive damage.
- Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh performed life-saving surgery, and Paloma, now five, receives daily nutrition through tubes because her body cannot absorb enough from food.
- Hayward expressed sorrow over the injuries in a statement and previously moved to dismiss the original case by arguing Mexico was the proper forum.