Family Sues School After Staff Allegedly Told Daughter To 'Suck It Up' As She Was Dying
05.01.2023 - 18:21
/ perezhilton.com
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A family is suing a school in Utah after they allegedly failed to take her seriously during a medical emergency that lead to her death.
Taylor Goodridge, a 17-year-old student at a boarding school in Hurricane, Utah, tragically collapsed and died right before Christmas. According to a lawsuit filed by the Goodridge family and obtained by The US Sun, Taylor had complained to staff at Diamond Ranch Academy as far back as November that she was suffering from “intense abdominal pain”. It’s unclear if the parents knew about her complaints or took her to a doctor, but the very next month the pain would become “excruciating” to the young girl.
The court docs allege the staff at the school “ignored” Taylor’s complaints of how severe her pain was — even going as far as telling the student:
The docs also state school officials told the poor girl to “suck it up” when she was in such awful pain. She collapsed in her own vomit and staff still allegedly did nothing to help her. Just awful!
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According to the lawsuit, the girl’s family was told she suffered from a heart attack which caused her death, but due to the situation surrounding their daughter’s passing they believe otherwise. The Goodridge family believes their daughter died due to a sepsis infection which was linked to her complaints of abdominal pain. Her official cause of death remains unknown as the investigation continues. The suit also alleges the school workers knew the girl was in severe pain, but they still failed to provide “adequate supervision and care”.
Taylor’s loved ones have stated their little girl was in “good health” when she enrolled in DRA, which
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