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A fitness club is being sued after an employee at one of its childcare facilities in Southern California threw a 23-month-old child in the air and failed to catch him, resulting in a traumatic brain injury, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

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Matthew and Elena Kittle filed the lawsuit July 2 against The Bay Club, an upscale club with multiple locations, including one in El Segundo, just south of Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

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They allege that while their son, identified by the initials C.K., was at the daycare center at The Bay Club El Segundo on March 17, 2025, an employee tossed him into the air \u2014 6 feet above the ground \u2014 but failed to catch him, the lawsuit says. C.K. fell to the ground and hit his head on the hardwood floor, and the employee fell backward and landed on top of him, the suit says. <\/p>\n

It says The Bay Club downplayed the severity of the fall to the boy\u2019s parents. C.K. sustained a concussion and still experiences side effectsfrom the fall, the suit says. <\/p>\n

The complaint, filed against The Bay Clubs Co. LLC and Bay Club South Bay LLC, alleges negligence; negligence per se; negligent hiring, retention and supervision; negligent infliction of emotional distress; fraud \u2014 intentional concealment; intentional infliction of emotional distress; and battery.<\/p>\n

The Bay Club said it is unable to comment on ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the Bay Club, the safety of our members, team members, and the families we serve is our highest priority,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Bay Club LLC owns and operates private fitness and country clubs across the West Coast, including locations in Oregon, Washington and California. <\/p>\n

Its El Segundo location has the El Segundo Clubhouse, which the club\u2019s website describes as a 14,000-square-foot childcare center, where kids participate in activities under supervision. <\/p>\n

The day of the incident, C.K.\u2019s father dropped him off at the El Segundo Clubhouse. He told staff members he would be at the Bay Club Manhattan Country Club, a mile away, for the next three hours, according to the complaint. <\/p>\n

C.K. was injured at 9:20 a.m., the suit says. <\/p>\n

Security video, which was included in the lawsuit, shows a female employee holding a child by his hands and swinging him between her legs. She then throws the boy over her head, letting go of the child\u2019s hands, and fails to catch him. The child falls to the floor behind her, and the employee falls backward and appears to land on top of him, the video shows. The employee then appears to hold the child while they are on the floor.<\/p>\n

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Other staff members react with shock and concern after the fall, the video shows. <\/p>\n

The club called C.K.\u2019s parents separately afterward. Matthew Kittle picked up the call at 9:30 a.m. and was told that C.K. had \u201cfallen\u201d and had since \u201ccalmed down,\u201d the lawsuit says. He called back and said he would pick up his son at the end of his session.<\/p>\n

At 9:45 a.m., the club called him again, suggested C.K. needed to be picked up and said that \u201cthey had not been able to settle C.K. down,\u201d the filing says. <\/p>\n

When Matthew Kittle picked up C.K. at 10:10 a.m., he found his son\u2019s face was \u201cbadly bruised,\u201d with his right eye swollen shut and his mouth swollen, the suit says. Once he was at home, C.K. was \u201cextremely drowsy, lethargic, and irritable,\u201d and his parents became concerned, the suit says. <\/p>\n

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Elena Kittle spoke with an employee, who described herself as the aquatics director, at 10:44 a.m., according to the filing. <\/p>\n

The aquatics director said that C.K. \u201cwas being held by an employee who fell over while she was in a squatting position\u201d and that \u201cC.K. was only about \u20181.5 feet above the ground\u2019 when the fall occurred,\u201d the suit says. She also said that C.K. wanted to \u201cgo to sleep immediately after the fall\u201d and that employees \u201chad trouble keeping him awake,\u201d the suit says.<\/p>\n

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An hour later, C.K. was checked into the emergency room at a medical center in Torrance. There, the medical staff also questioned the accuracy of The Bay Club\u2019s description of the incident, \u201cbecause the injuries weren\u2019t consistent with a fall from 1.5 feet,\u201d the suit claims.<\/p>\n

C.K. underwent a CT scan and a neurological exam and was diagnosed with a concussion, blunt head trauma and facial abrasion, the complaint says. <\/p>\n

At 2:22 p.m. that day, Elena Kittle spoke with The Bay Club\u2019s general manager, who said she reviewed video of the incident and also claimed C.K. fell from 1.5 feet, according to the filing. <\/p>\n

The parents asked for the video, which they received March 21, 2025 \u2014 which left them \u201cshocked\u201d by the \u201cseverity of the fall\u201d and by \u201cthe fact that the Bay Club tried to cover up the true nature of the incident,\u201d the suit says. The complaint says the video showed the child was at least 6 feet in the air \u2014 not 1.5 feet, as the club had said. <\/p>\n

Weeks after the incident, C.K. had symptoms including sensitivity to light and sound, irritability, irregular sleep, lethargy and attachment issues, the suit says. A neurology specialist who examined him in April 2025 said C.K. was still experiencing concussion symptoms, the filing says. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was assessed that C.K. suffered a \u2018definite concussion with a discrete enough force and clinical signs that indicate he\u2019s in pain and behavioral changes,\u2019\u201d the complaint says. The filing says C.K. continues to experience symptoms, including loss of hearing. <\/p>\n

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The suit also alleges that the daycare center was not operating legally.<\/p>\n

Under California law, childcare centers require licenses from the state Department of Social Services. Some child daycare programs can be exempt from licensing if parents and guardians are on the same premises and if they are not operated on certain sites, including malls or ski facilities. <\/p>\n

The suit alleges The Bay Club does not fall under that exception because parents are not necessarily always on the premises. Children can be left at the Bay Club El Segundo Clubhouse while parents go to The Bay Club\u2019s Manhattan Country Club a mile away, the suit says. <\/p>\n

The club\u2019s website says a parent or guardian has to be on-site during a reservation.<\/p>\n

The parents, represented by the law firm Rosen Saba, demand a jury trial, exemplary and punitive damages and civil and statutory penalties.<\/p>\n

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