LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A highschool lady is suing Okemos Public Faculties and wrestling coach Clint Guess, alleging {that a} Dec. 12, 2024, follow left her with life-threatening inner accidents.
Court docket information establish the coed solely as R.D. as a result of she is a minor. A College of Michigan trauma workforce mentioned her accidents — together with a Stage 4 liver laceration and a Stage 5 belly hematoma — are widespread in automotive crashes, the lawsuit states.
A number of featherweight teammates have been absent that day, so Guess paired R.D. with a boy three weight courses heavier who had a historical past of injuring companions, the lawsuit says. Inside minutes, he allegedly body-slammed her to the mat a number of occasions.
The lawsuit claims the coach instructed the boy to “settle down” however let the sparring proceed. R.D. quickly vomited and had problem respiratory, but neither Guess nor different members of employees tried to supply medical care, the lawsuit states.
Athletic Coach Rachel Weiss handled R.D. solely after one other scholar observed that R.D. was in severe situation. The lawsuit claims that Weiss referred to as R.D.’s father, however did not name 911 and did not advise him to take R.D. to the hospital.
R.D. instructed her father she felt “like my ribs moved to my stomach.”
Her father drove her to Sparrow Hospital, the place docs found inner bleeding and transferred her to Sparrow’s trauma middle. Physicians instructed the household that any delay might need been deadly.
The criticism accuses the district and Guess of gross negligence, saying the coach violated state athletic security guidelines by matching athletes of vastly completely different sizes and expertise. It seeks compensation for medical payments, misplaced athletic alternatives, and what her legal professionals name an elevated danger of liver illness.
Okemos Public Faculties declined to remark, citing that the district doesn’t touch upon pending litigation. Guess has not responded to messages left on the college’s athletic division.
