A recent federal lawsuit over child abuse at Robins Air Force Base is on pause, as a federal judge has decided to let a similar case play out before carrying on with the suit against the federal government.
The lawsuit was filed in April by family members of a child allegedly subjected to abuse by employees at a daycare at the Warner Robins military facility. These allegations have led to criminal charges and guilty pleas for some of those working at the facility. An older, similar case was dismissed but is under appeal. The judge in that case acknowledged the mistreatment but took issue with the government’s liability in the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Ross argued in a court document that the appeals court’s ruling on the other case, which was originally filed early last year, will help determine if the anonymous family in the more recent case can make a legal claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which compensates people who have suffered harm from a federal government employee.
Both lawsuits, which were filed anonymously by the parents of the abused children, accuse Zhanay Kiana Flynn and Antanesha Mone Fritz of striking kids in the face and causing them to fight with one another. Flynn and Fritz were both employees at the daycare facility. The lawsuits also accused them of spraying children’s heads and faces with cleaning solutions, applying weight to their legs and more, according to the lawsuit.
Both lawsuits also…
