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‘Smacked by child’ sitter sues

A Manhattan baby sitter claims she was seriously hurt when a child she was minding smacked her in the face with a fireplace poker.

Carmen Cleary was asked to watch over little Caroline Cannady Chinn one October weekend at the Westchester home of the girl’s family — but says parents Lloyd Chinn and Sarah Cannady Chinn never warned her about temper tantrums.

The couple “knew and were aware” that their daughter “had engaged in dangerous conduct that posed a risk of harm to other people,” but failed to warn Cleary, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court papers.

Despite this, the parents allowed their daughter access to the poker.

The child “recklessly” smashed Cleary in the face with the metal rod, causing serious injuries, she charges.

Cleary is seeking unspecified damages. Lloyd Chinn did not return messages seeking comment.