Bucknell sued in soccer participant’s demise final summer season

The dad and mom of a Bucknell freshman soccer participant who died following a exercise final summer season have filed a lawsuit in opposition to the varsity and members of the administration and training employees.

The swimsuit 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 demise “fully 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, stated Wednesday. “This can be a longer, tougher path, and I’m prepared for it. My boy is value it.”

An post-mortem decided Dickey died from a sickle cell-related situation referred to as rhabdomyolysis, household lawyer Mike Caspino instructed ESPN.

The lawsuit claims there have been no trainers current when Dickey and different freshmen have been performing up-downs “as punishment” after they “tousled” through the exercise.

“College students who have been current on the exercise have reported that CJ was clearly in misery through 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 making an attempt to train can scale 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 if you happen to’re doing bodily exercise within the warmth.”

Bucknell launched an announcement to ESPN saying the varsity is conscious of the lawsuit.

“The demise of a scholar is all the time a tragic loss,” Bucknell stated within the assertion. “Whereas the College is not going to touch upon pending litigation, we once more lengthen heartfelt sympathies to CJ’s household, and we’ll proceed to give attention to our most essential precedence — the well being and security of all Bucknell college students.”

The household is accusing the varsity of negligence and wrongful demise and searching for unspecified compensation.

“We do not need one other athlete, one other household, brother, cousin to undergo such a agony and ache and demise, particularly when it isn’t vital or fully avoidable,” Dickey’s father, Calvin Sr., stated Wednesday.

–Area Degree Media