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Third & Short

jdhaas — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:43:36 +0000

HOUSTON -- The family of a Rice football player who died during practice two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the school, former coach Todd Graham, the NCAA and others.

Dale Lloyd II died a day after he collapsed during a conditioning workout Sept. 24, 2006. The 19-year-old freshman's death was linked to sickle-cell trait and created the basis for the lawsuit filed by Houston attorney Mark Lanier in state district court in Harris County.

"Skin color and flagrant ignorance tragically killed" Lloyd, said the lawsuit, which was first reported by Houston television station KRIV. "A simple blood test could have saved Dale. Instead, Dale's African-American heritage was tossed aside and a family is forever without a son."

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Judge Dismisses Wrongful Death Lawsuit In Mystic Case

jdhaas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:05:32 +0000

NEW LONDON — - A Superior Court judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the husband of Mystic schoolteacher Leslie Buck, but the attorney representing the dead woman's estate can re-plead the complaint, according to a decision released Friday.

At a January court hearing, Donald R. Beebe, the attorney for Charlie Buck, sought a dismissal of the wrongful death lawsuit on the ground that the case — filed in May 2005 — was brought after the two-year statute of limitations for filing had expired.

But Shelley L. Graves, an attorney for Leslie Buck's estate, said the statute would not apply if Charlie Buck had fraudulently concealed evidence of his wife's death.

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