Mears v. Bethel School District No. 403

Bjorgen, A.C. J.

¶1 This appeal from a defense verdict in a wrongful death case arises out of the untimely death of Mercedes Mears, a student at Clover Creek Elementary School. Mercedes1 began having difficulty breathing shortly after arriving at school on October 7, 2008. Mercedes’s sister Jada Mears informed Rhonda Gibson, the school’s health clerk, who escorted Mercedes to the school’s health room and called 911. By the time emergency rescue personnel arrived, Mercedes had stopped breathing and lost consciousness. Resuscitation efforts failed, and she died en route to the hospital.

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