A Jefferson County jury has awarded $660,000 in a lawsuit against a daycare center where a mother says her child became sick after being exposed to a chemical found in marijuana.

After a four-day trial, a jury Friday awarded both punitive and compensatory damages to the family of the injured child.

In the lawsuit, Brittany Maddox said her then nine-month-old daughter Zeriel became severely ill after being exposed to THC at Baby Duck Academy in Birmingham in June 2022.

The daycare, which is still in operation, is located on Old Springville Road in east Birmingham.

The suit says the child suffered an altered mental state, hypothermia, and mental anguish as a result of exposure to the drug at the daycare.

“Obviously, such reprehensible actions created great health risks to the 9-month-ol

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