Kichnet v. Butte-Silver Bow County

¶1 For several months nineteen-year-old Kevin Kichnet had been babysitting his young nieces, Eternity and Jerica, on Wednesdays and Thursdays and was doing so on November 16,2006. On November 16, Kichnet met three-year-old Eternity across the street from the children’s house when the Head Start bus dropped her off after school. Kichnet claimed he was holding her hand as they crossed the street when Eternity collapsed. He carried her inside and called 9-1-1 but shortly after Eternity reached the hospital she was pronounced dead. The authorities determined Eternity died from blunt force trauma…