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The parents of a assemblage shot subordinate who died during his archetypal signifier are suing the schoolhouse and accusing them of negligence and wrongful decease among different claims.
The parents of Calvin 'CJ' Dickey person filed a suit against Bucknell University successful Pennsylvania aft the tragic passing of their 18-year-old son.
Calvin Dickey Sr. and Nicole Dickey assertion successful the filing that the schoolhouse knew astir their child's sickle-cell diagnosis - which made him susceptible to processing a uncommon musculus condition.
They assertion that with this knowledge, the schoolhouse could person prevented his abrupt passing during the practice.
'He died a horrible, achy decease that was 100% preventable,' the family's attorney, Mike Caspino, said of CJ successful a property league that was shared by Ceisler Media.
In a statement, the schoolhouse told People Magazine that 'the decease of a pupil is ever a tragic loss.'
The parents of Calvin 'CJ' Dickey Jr. are suing Bucknell University aft his untimely death
The schoolhouse isn't commenting connected the suit but called Dickey's decease a 'tragic loss'
'Bucknell University is alert of the suit filed by the parents of CJ Dickey,' the assemblage added.
'While the University volition not remark connected pending litigation, we again widen heartfelt sympathies to CJ's family, and we volition proceed to absorption connected our astir important precedence — the wellness and information of each Bucknell students.'
The lawyer for the household says that CJ died of 'rhabdomyolysis' - a information wherever 'your muscles are truthful overworked that they commencement to secrete toxins that termination disconnected your organs.'
Attorneys besides pointed to a 2010 mandate from the NCAA that required players to beryllium tested for sickle-cell, arsenic they were much susceptible to getting rhabdomyolysis..)
'If an jock has sickle compartment trait, they are not to beryllium worked retired connected their archetypal time of practice, they are not to bash sprints, they are not to bash up-downs, they are to beryllium eased into their signifier regime, different they tin get rhabdomyolysis,' Caspino said.
Caspino added that Dickey, on with different freshmen, were made to bash 100 burpees 'as punishment' if they 'messed up' during a workout.
The lawyer says that CJ 'was falling behind' the different players and couldn't support up with the exercises. Other students 'present astatine the workout' and employees astatine the gym saw him 'in distress'.
Eventually, Dickey 'passed out' and 'hit the floor'. He was rushed to the hospital, enactment connected dialysis, and had exigency country performed. Unfortunately, his bosom stopped and doctors could not resuscitate him aft 20 minutes.
Attorneys allege Dickey developed the information that caused his abrupt and tragic passing owed to his sickle-cell and that the assemblage had cognition of this trait
The filing besides alleges that the team's signifier installation - the Pascucci Team Center - did not person an exigency enactment program successful bid to respond to aesculapian emergencies.
'We bash this for CJ, for each young antheral connected that team, and anyone who comes aft him, and anyone astatine immoderate university,' ma Nicole said, per ESPN. 'This is simply a longer, harder path, and I americium acceptable for it. My lad is worthy it.'
'We don't privation different athlete, different family, brother, relative to spell done this benignant of agony and symptom and death, particularly erstwhile it's not indispensable oregon wholly avoidable,' dada Calvin added.
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