A wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Duval County Public Schools failed to protect a student with a known nut allergy who died after eating baklava at a school function.
The father of a high school student who died in 2023 after suffering a nut-related allergic reaction at a school function filed a lawsuit against Duval County Public Schools claiming it failed to follow the necessary protocols to ensure her safety.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed in July 2024, claims Kayleen Brown, a 17-year-old Atlantic Coast High School senior, died after DCPS employees and/or agents “negligently” failed to warn the food provided at a school meeting contained allergens, failed to educate staff on food allergen procedures, and failed to follow its own food allergy management and prevention plan.On April 27, 2023, Brown attended a school activity meeting on campus that included food, and one of the food items provided was baklava. According to the lawsuit, Brown suffered from a severe allergy to food products that contained allergens, including nuts. According to the lawsuit, the allergy was known to DCPS employees. The lawsuit states that Brown had never had baklava before and asked if it contained nuts, but DCPS employees/agents told her it did not, so she decided to eat some.According to the lawsuit, Brown then began to experience symptoms related to her food allergy and told a DCPS employee that she had eaten nuts and was starting to feel symptoms. She then left the school to go to a local pharmacy to get Benadryl to treat those symptoms
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