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University to Pay $14 Million After a Wrestler’s Heat Stroke Death

University of the Cumberlands has settled a lawsuit for $14 million with the family of a student wrestler who died of heat stroke during practice. The university is required to participate in heat-illness training and to promote the family's efforts to raise awareness of heat-related illnesses.

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  • University of the Cumberlands has settled a lawsuit for $14 million with the family of a student wrestler who died of heat stroke during practice.
  • Grant Brace, 20, died after he begged for water during practice in August 2020.
  • The lawsuit claimed that coaches yelled at students who tried to help Brace as his mental health deteriorated.
  • The university is required to participate in heat-illness training and to promote the family's efforts to raise awareness of heat-related illnesses.
  • Exertional heat stroke deaths are preventable with proper precautions, early recognition and emergency management.
University to Pay $14 Million After a Wrestler’s Heat Stroke Death
Grant Brace, 20, died after he begged for water during a practice at the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky, according to a lawsuit brought by his family.
The New York TimesBy Amanda Holpuch

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