The dad and mom of a Bucknell freshman soccer participant who died following a exercise final summer time have filed a lawsuit in opposition to the varsity and members of the administration and training workers.
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 staff, and anybody who comes after him, and anybody at any college,” Dickey’s mom, Nicole, stated 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” throughout the exercise.
“College students who had been current on the exercise have reported that CJ was clearly in misery throughout 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. In case 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 all the time a tragic loss,” Bucknell stated within the assertion. “Whereas the College won’t touch upon pending litigation, we once more prolong heartfelt sympathies to CJ’s household, and we are going to proceed to concentrate on our most necessary 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 the sort of agony and ache and dying, particularly when it isn’t obligatory or utterly avoidable,” Dickey’s father, Calvin Sr., stated Wednesday.
–Area Stage Media
