The family of a 19-month-old girl who died of a fentanyl overdose while staying at an Airbnb apartment in Florida, USA, has filed a wrongful death suit against the home rental company and the property owner.
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Lydie and Boris Lavenir were on vacation with their children in Wellington, Florida, when they discovered their daughter, Enora, in her bed just hours after they arrived. According to the family, her face was blue with white foam coming from her lips when paramedics arrived after calling 911, and it was too late to save the child.
According to reports from the Palm Beach County medical examiner and an independent toxicology report, her death was determined to be the result of fentanyl exposure.
Investigators were unable to find any traces of fentanyl at the rental home or on the parents’ belongings, so it’s unclear how the girl came into contact with fentanyl at the rental. “I am currently unable to determine how the child Enora Lavenir ingested the fentanyl,” an investigator wrote in the latest report, according to the Post.
After their 19-month-old baby died of a fentanyl overdose in a rental, the family sues Airbnb.
Following their daughter’s death from an accidental fentanyl overdose, the Lavenir family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Airbnb, the vacation homeowner, and the previous renter.
Airbnb, the property owners, and the previous renter are named as defendants in the family’s wrongful death lawsuit. They claim the rental company and vacation homeowner failed to ensure the property’s safety, and that the previous renter was negligent in allowing drugs to be used on the property and leaving drugs or drug residue behind.
In a statement, an Airbnb spokesperson said, “Our hearts go out to the Lavenir family and their loved ones for this devastating loss.”
The previous renter, who booked the rental home through Vrbo, admitted to police that they had hosted a party at the property where cocaine was present, but investigators were unable to link those drugs to the girl’s overdose, and her death was ruled accidental.
