OK for driver to kick smelly baby off Seattle bus, Mom to sue [View all]

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Mom to sue as Metro stands by driver in dirty diaper case

Metro apologized to Nichole Hakimian for the inconvenience, but said a review found the driver did not break any rules.

The mother said she is not interested in any apology, and plans to take legal action.

"You don't just come out of nowhere and kick a mom off a bus with a sick child," she said.

Hakimian said a Metro driver told her and her 1-year-old son to get off two stops before her destination. She was headed to a medical clinic in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood at the time.

"I said, 'He has diarrehea. I'm on my way to a doctor's appointment for him. She said, 'I'm sorry. It's unbearable. You need to get off the bus,"' she said.

Hakimian said the driver insisted she get off even when she told the driver she only had two more stops to go.

"She said, 'Well, I'm sorry. It's just unbearable. You need to get off the bus,'" she said. "Nobody (else) on the bus was complaining at all."

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OK for driver to kick smelly baby off Seattle bus


SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's Metro Transit has apologized but says it won't discipline the driver who asked a woman with a baby to get off a bus because of a stinky diaper.

Metro told KOMO (http://is.gd/ywJ5LB ) the driver did not violate policy when she acted for the comfort of other passengers.

An apology is not enough for the mother, Nichole Hakimian (hah-KIM'-ee-an), who threatens to sue.

She was taking her 1-year-old son to a clinic Tuesday when his diarrhea became an odor issue. She says the driver insisted she exit.

Hakimian says she found a place to change the baby and caught another bus to the clinic where her son was diagnosed with a stomach bug.

Metro says the driver is a nine-year employee with an excellent record.

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