A jury awarded $10 million to the parents of a football player who claimed their son collapsed and died during a team workout from complications of a sickle-cell trait.
Plaintiffs counsel claimed the University of Central Florida knew Ereck Plancher, 19, carried the trait but never disclosed it to him, team physicians, coaches, certified athletic trainers and others. The county medical examiner testified that under extreme stress the trait causes red blood cells to warp, causing damage to major organs and causing the body to shut down.
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