Kentucky Wrongful Death Attorney: Parents Seek to Add More Plaintiffs to Lawsuit Involving Teen Louisville Football Player Who Collapsed During Practice
In Jefferson Circuit Court, Jeffrey Dean Gilpin and Glenna Michele Crockett have filed an amended complaint to their Kentucky wrongful death lawsuit over the death of their 15-year-old son Max Gilpin. The Pleasure Ridge Park football player died in August 2008 after collapsing during a practice session.
His parents are already suing head coach David Jason Stinson and five assistant coaches. Stinson has pleaded not guilty to criminal charge of reckless homicide in Max’s death.
His parents’ original Kentucky wrongful death lawsuit, filed last year, accused the coaching staff at Pleasure Ridge Park High School of reckless disregard and negligence leading up to his son’s death. Now, they want to add athletic director Craig Webb, principal David Johnson, assistant and coach Josh Ligthle as defendants.
Gilpin and Crocket claim that the three men are just as negligent in Max’s death as the original defendants. Their Kentucky wrongful death lawyer says that Web, who was at the practice where the 15-year-old collapsed and is the school’s athletic director, should have known what was going on and shouldn’t have waited 15 minutes after the incident to call an ambulance. Their attorney says Johnson, as principal, failed to properly supervise the athletic director and Stinson. Ligthle is another assistant coach who was at the football practice.
On August 20, 2008, Max, a sophomore, collapsed from heat stroke during the practice session. According to witnesses who were on the field that day, coaches refused to give the high school football players water and made them run extensively even though the heat index hit 94. Max reportedly worked out hard for two to three hours. The Louisville teen died three days later.
Listed as the teenagers' causes of death are multiple organ failure, septic shock, and heat stroke complications. The Jefferson County coroner’s office said Max’s body temperature had hit 107.
More PRP staff may be added to lawsuit, Courier-Journal.com, February 19, 2009
Ky. coach pleads not guilty, SI.com,January 26, 2009
Lawsuit filed in death of PRP football player, Wave3.com, September 25, 2008
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