A Washington school district will pay $5.25 million to the family of a high school student who died from a heart attack that happened during a 2018 football practice.
Allen Harris, 16, was participating in a conditioning practice on an “exceptionally hot” July 24 when he collapsed and suffered a seizure after completing sets of sprints, The Seattle TimesThe lawsuit says three coaches failed to recognize the sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and didn’t resuscitate him or retrieve a nearby automated external defibrillator.
Whitney Chiang, a Federal Way school district spokesperson, said in a statement that the teen’s death “was felt across Federal Way Public Schools, and those who knew him continue to feel this loss. Head coach Carl Green and assistant coaches Jared Wren and Elijah Miller were overseeing the workout when Green ran to Harris and saw he was “unresponsive with his eyes back and seizing,” according to court documents. Miller called 911.
His family sued the Federal Way school district in 2019. According to family attorney Micah LeBank, discovery in the case revealed the coaches hadn’t been properly trained to identify or respond to sudden cardiac arrest, which the lawsuit claims is a “well recognized medical emergency that high school programs are required to be prepared for.”
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