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A Maricopa County Superior Court jury this month awarded the mother of an Arizona high-school sophomore who died of heat-related injuries during a football practice $850,000 in damages.
Bernice Reed-Davis charged the Paradise Valley school district with the wrongful death of her son, 14-year-old Abdul S. Reed. The student collapsed during a two-hour workout in full uniform on Sept. 2, 1988, his first day of football practice at Shadow Mountain High School. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was dehydration and elevated body temperature.
In 1989, the Paradise Valley district altered its policies governing outdoor athletic practices by mandating water breaks, screening weather conditions, and distributing informational pamphlets on heat-related sports injuries...
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