The 19-month-old was exposed to fentanyl residue left in the rental, according to the suit, which accuses Airbnb, the rental property's owner, the property manager and a prior guest of negligence in the child's death.
are prohibited at their rentals, the company failed to issue a warning about risks and ensure spaces are properly sanitized, according to the suit.
Airbnb had a duty to take reasonable care of the safety of its guests and provide a rental free of drugs and residue left behind from previous guests and to provide sufficient warning of the risk of harm, according to the suit. The Lavenir family's booking was the first time the property had ever been booked via Airbnb, but it had been leased out on other rental sites.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office incident report indicates investigators interviewed Kornhauser, who said individuals in the residence used cocaine and marijuana but not fentanyl. He told authorities he could not explain how fentanyl would have gotten into the residence. An attorney for Cortamilia, the property owner, also cast blame on the parents, saying"the negligence and careless conduct of the parents of the decedent was the sole or a contributing proximate cause of the alleged damages."
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