Overview
- The Kittle family filed a lawsuit in July 2026 saying surveillance video shows a Bay Club El Segundo worker hoist their 23-month-old child over her head, release him, and fail to catch him leading to a fall onto a hardwood floor.
- The complaint says the toddler was taken to the emergency room the same day and was diagnosed with a concussion and traumatic brain injury and that he continues to suffer symptoms including hearing loss.
- Attorneys say the club initially told the parents the child fell only about 1.5 feet and downplayed the event while the footage shows the child about six feet above the floor, which the suit describes as a deliberate misrepresentation.
- A California Department of Social Services record search reported to CBS LA found no license, pending application, or unlicensed facility record for the Bay Club site, and the family alleges the club wrongly claimed an exemption that applies only when parents stay on the premises.
- The lawsuit accuses the Bay Club of negligence, battery, fraud and emotional distress and seeks damages from the club as the case moves forward and regulators and the public weigh the safety and oversight of club-based child programs.