Parents of girls poisoned to death sue for NIS 11 million
Year after extermination accident killed their daughters, Michal and Shimon Gross file negligence suit against host of defendants
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The parents of two young girls who were poisoned to death in an extermination accident last year are suing a series of persons, companies and state authorities involved in the incident for NIS 11 million (approximately $2.9 million).
According to Channel 2 TV, Shimon and Michal Gross of Jerusalem are expected to file claims against the exterminator himself, Yossi Barkan; against the company that imported the deadly substance into Israel; the Terem clinic in Jerusalem and one of its doctors; and three government offices — the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Agriculture Ministry and the Health Ministry.
The family believes that any one of those named could have helped to prevent the deaths of their daughters, Avigail and Yael, aged 1 and 4 last year, at the time of the accident.
The girls died last January shortly after an exterminator treated their family home in Jerusalem with a poisonous substance. The couple’s two older boys were hospitalized for exposure to aluminum phosphide, a deadly toxin.
The lawsuits charge the various defendants with negligence and criminal negligence and accused the three government ministries of failure. The family also charges that the exterminator and the company knew of the dangers the substance poses and did not take precautionary measures. The clinic and the attending doctor, the lawsuit says, did not carry out the necessary tests and sent the two girls home only with prescriptions for medication.
The Grosses said the purpose of the lawsuit, to be submitted to the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday, was to prevent another such tragedy.
The Times of Israel Community.