The mother and father of a Bucknell freshman soccer participant who died following a exercise final summer time have filed a lawsuit towards the varsity and members of the administration and training employees.
The go well with claims the college knew about their 18-year-old son’s sickle cell prognosis however didn’t have protocols in place to guard him, calling his dying “utterly avoidable.”
Calvin “CJ” Dickey Jr. died on July 12, two days after collapsing in his first exercise with the varsity in Lewisburg, Pa. He was 18 years previous.
“We do that for CJ, for each younger man on that group, and anybody who comes after him, and anybody at any college,” Dickey’s mom, Nicole, mentioned Wednesday. “This can be a longer, more durable path, and I’m prepared for it. My boy is price it.”
An post-mortem decided Dickey died from a sickle cell-related situation known as rhabdomyolysis, household legal professional Mike Caspino informed ESPN.
The lawsuit claims there have been no trainers current when Dickey and different freshmen had been performing up-downs “as punishment” after they “tousled” in the course of the exercise.
“College students who had been current on the exercise have reported that CJ was clearly in misery in the course of the 100 up-downs,” the lawsuit states. “He was falling behind the remainder of the group and couldn’t sustain.”
The Cleveland Clinic’s webpage says anybody with rhabdomyolysis who’s trying to train can cut back the dangers by: “Beginning an train program slowly, and listening to your physique. Should you really feel particularly sore or drained throughout a exercise, cease and relaxation. Do not push your self past secure limits. … Take breaks within the shade for those who’re doing bodily exercise within the warmth.”
Bucknell launched an announcement to ESPN saying the varsity is conscious of the lawsuit.
“The dying of a pupil is at all times a tragic loss,” Bucknell mentioned within the assertion. “Whereas the College won’t touch upon pending litigation, we once more lengthen heartfelt sympathies to CJ’s household, and we are going to proceed to deal with our most vital precedence — the well being and security of all Bucknell college students.”
The household is accusing the varsity of negligence and wrongful dying and searching for unspecified compensation.
“We do not need one other athlete, one other household, brother, cousin to undergo this sort of agony and ache and dying, particularly when it isn’t needed or utterly avoidable,” Dickey’s father, Calvin Sr., mentioned Wednesday.
–Area Stage Media
