Draughon v. Harnett County Board of Education

STEELMAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs intestate was a football player at Triton High School in Harnett County, North Carolina. He collapsed during football practice on the morning of 8 August 1998 and died the following day at UNC Memorial Hospital from complications due to heatstroke. A more detailed discussion of the facts of the case can be found in this Court’s earlier opinion at Draughon v. Harnett County Bd. of Educ., 158 N.C. App. 208, 580 S.E.2d 732 (2003), aff’d, 358 N.C. 137, 591 S.E.2d 520 (2004). On 3 August 2000, plaintiff filed an action seeking monetary damages for the wrongful death of…