Since he was very seriously injured by caustic soda, spilled on a slide in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), Wail, 2 years old, goes to the hospital daily. Burned to the third degree by this chemical spread by two 12-year-old schoolboys, the boy underwent a 4-hour skin graft under general anesthesia on Friday, says Pierre Debuisson, the lawyer for the little victim’s family.
The council announces filing a complaint for endangering the lives of others and complicity in involuntary injuries against the supermarket brand Aldi which sold the product to college students: “This would never have happened if Aldi had not sold this product chemical”.
In mid-September, Waïl, 2 years old, slipped on the slide in the Séminaire playground, in the Izards district, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) then complained of pain. Hospitalized, the boy suffered serious burns to his legs.
After the doctors’ assessment, the child was issued with an ITT (total incapacity for work) for 21 days. At the same time, a second little boy of the same age was also burned but his injuries were much less serious.
“We don’t know if he will ever be able to walk or run”
“We don’t know if his nerves are affected, if he will be able to walk, run, have a decent life one day,” laments the lawyer. According to Me Debuisson, there is “at a minimum culpable negligence”. “It is common sense not to sell extremely dangerous corrosive products to children. More than imprudence, it is major negligence.”
The lawyer also denounces the silence of the Aldi group, “unacceptable, improbable” behavior, and regrets that “at no time did a manager of this large group call the family to apologize or to find out how the little “. The lawyer is calling for an internal investigation within the group to understand: is there a budget allocated to training employees on the risks linked to these chemicals?
For “the major anxiety and suffering suffered” by little Wail, who must be operated on again this Tuesday, the family is also claiming one million in damages from the Aldi group.
Interviewed, the two 12-year-old schoolboys who poured the chemical substance on the slide said they “regretted” their action. A psychiatric assessment must be carried out to determine their responsibility.
