The mother of a 20-year-old New Jersey native who died after taking part in a school-sanctioned pancake-eating contest in March 2017 has sued the Connecticut university, arguing the contest was a “terribly dangerous idea.”

The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Bridgeport Superior Court and seeks unspecified monetary damages, said the death of Caitlin Nelson of Clark was “as foreseeable as it was horrific.” The 12-page lawsuit, which goes into lengthy detail about the hazards of having pancake-eating contests, said the aspiring social worker died when a glob of pancake paste filled her airway during the contest at Sacred Heart University.

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