Disaster Family of Florida teen who choked on chicken nugget and died gets $2 million - Imagine being too autistic to eat nuggies

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The family of a 19-year-old student with autism will receive a $2 million settlement from a Florida school district a year and a half after he choked on a chicken nugget and died.

The settlement approved by the Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday, also sets up a mandatory training program — named in honor of Kedar Williams — for principals, teachers and other employees who work with special needs students, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.

“His parents are pleased not only with the settlement, but they are most proud of the fact they fought for their son and fought for a training program designed to address the deficiencies that led to Kedar’s death,” said Sia Baker-Barnes, a lawyer who represents his mother, Megan Williams, and estate.

Kedar Williams was rushed to a hospital Aug. 13, 2019, after choking on the chicken nugget at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens.

Williams had a form of autism that made him mostly non-verbal, and he also had a condition that made him prone to aspiration, or choking, the family said.

An aide was supposed to be assigned only to Williams, Baker-Barnes said. But video showed the aide was attending to another student when Williams choked.
“Having your son wave goodbye to you in the morning, before school, and then never seeing him alive again is a mother’s worst nightmare. Our family has a gaping hole without Kedar in our lives,” his mother, Megan Williams, said in a statement.

The boy’s father, Jeffrey Williams, will share in the settlement. He is a teacher in Polk County.

“He’s around children every day, so this is a reminder of the loss he feels,” Salesia Smith-Gorden, a lawyer Jeffrey Williams, told the newspaper.

Normally, there’s a cap of $300,000 for negligence or liability cases, unless a claims bill is filed in the Legislature, allowing a larger payout. But the family filed a lawsuit in federal court, in addition to state court, citing a violation of federal protections for students with disabilities. That enabled them to collect a larger settlement without the Legislature.

“While no amount of money will ever take away the pain caused by this tragedy, the School District of Palm Beach County hopes that the settlement reached with the Williams family will help to ease the burden of this tremendous loss,” district spokeswoman Claudia Shea said in a statement.

Family of Florida teen who choked on chicken nugget and died gets $2 million

Palm Beach County school officials said they hope the settlement with Kedar Williams' family "will help to ease the burden of this tremendous loss."

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[Immortal Technique]

Honestly, a 19 year black nigger retard? This was probably a good cost affective decision. Rather this cunt choke on a chickie nuggie at 19 than live to +100 years old always needing supervision......because this nigger can't even chew a nugget.

 

[Stoneheart]

Idiot,,, should have given him Drugs and send them to Attack some Cop. thats the big payday...

 

[GinnyPotter]

Why do people always say this?

"Well it won't bring him back but we have justice.'

Like come on man. You chose to file a lawsuit, you know damn well it won't bring him back and half the time people say this shit, they obviously don't care because they're just happy they got a fuckton of money and don't have to deal with an autist anymore. Also how is giving you 2Mil justice for your son? Because you got a program created that should have been in place already? Are teachers or special need teachers not forced to learn CPR when they get hired? I was a counselor at a summer camp for kids and they forced us to learn CPR before we could even sign up.

If he was special needs as they're claiming, he would probably have a handler around him at all times. I just don't see how so many people were so negligent.

Edit cuz words no make sense.

 

[Regenbogen]

Everyone is being a cunt in this thread.

People die by choking on food this is a thing, there are special maneuvers you learn to save people who are choking the most famous the heimlich maneuver.

The fact that no one was nearby to save a choking student on his school provided lunch does look really fucking bad.

purge the weak

 

[Idiot Doom Spiral]

So this tard spent almost two decades having to be taken care of by the state (no doubt at considerable expense to the taxpayer)...
...This person's entire existence was literally nothing more than a colossal squandering of money and resources, a parasitical leech on everything around him, and the world is an objectively better place now that he no longer exists within it. What a legacy!

This summary is applicable to roughly 63% of niggers.

 

[Regenbogen]

This summary is applicable to roughly 63% of niggers.

roughly 80% if we count globally since africa was given 8 marshall plans and they pissed that money away

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

If the kid can't eat without choking, why not just give him a feeding tube?

 

[SpankyourmotheR]

A real, dare I say, TRUE and HONEST nigga died that day. Rest in 8 piece mcnuggets bro.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

Ah, the "two million dollars nigger retard chicken wing scam". A classic

 

[Troonos]

Why are we rewarding people millions for failing to hold back their broken genetics with a condom? The family should be paying the school district for sweeping their mistake under the rug. They'll never again have to hear him REEEEEE or pad the walls when he starts headbanging.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

On a serious note though, how the fuck is the school even liable for this? A chicken nugget is not exactly something that comes to mind when you think "choking hazard." Additionally, keep in mind this "kid" was 19 years old. It's not like we're talking about a toddler here.

Because there was supposed to be an aide assigned directly to him and that aide was attending another student while he was eating. It really is that aide's fault for not doing his job.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

Because there was supposed to be an aide assigned directly to him and that aide was attending another student while he was eating. It really is that aide's fault for not doing his job.

It's really the taxpayers fault. If they paid more taxes so that every nigger retard has a personal servant, they wouldn't have to be punished with paying more taxes to pay a $2 million dead nigger retard compensation

 

[Tleilaxian]

If the kid can't eat without choking, why not just give him a feeding tube?

Because he was definitely the kind of retard that was capable of moving around, so he would just have ripped out the feeding tube.

Because there was supposed to be an aide assigned directly to him and that aide was attending another student while he was eating. It really is that aide's fault for not doing his job.

So either take care of your own retarded child, or force them to sign a liability waiver if they want state funded daycare for their non-verbal retard.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

ITT a bunch of retards with crippling autism make fun of a dead kid who had slightly more crippling autism

 

[draggs]

If the chimken nuggies turn on autists it will be a very dark time

 

[ZehnBoat]

ITT a bunch of retards with crippling autism make fun of a dead kid who had slightly more crippling autism

tbh, if you're too retarded to eat chicken nuggets, you're too retarded to live

 

[LonesomeDud]

So this tard spent almost two decades having to be taken care of by the state (no doubt at considerable expense to the taxpayer) and then, as a suitable parting gift, when he expired unceremoniously in a way that was easily avoidable and unequivocally his own fault the already-struggling public education system was drained of a further two million dollars. That's two million dollars that could have went towards helping teach children who could have actually benefitted from it. This person's entire existence was literally nothing more than a colossal squandering of money and resources, a parasitical leech on everything around him, and the world is an objectively better place now that he no longer exists within it. What a legacy!

He was retarded and the school knew he had dysphagia. He was given a spongy chicken nugget while aides watched on, having been allegedly trained in CPR/educated on silent aspiration/choking. His parents were still married and seem like decent people, with a little internet research. His parents trusted the school with their child, worked to establish an IEP, and he died there. Having a retarded student often qualifies your school for special grants and funding. They were happy to herd this kid in ans take the money for having him. Now the time has come to pay for their actions. It's too bad it hurts everyone else.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Imagine being too retarded to actually chew your food before swallowing instead of just inhaling it like a mentally challenged Kirby

 

[Ari Gold]

He was retarded and the school knew he had dysphagia. He was given a spongy chicken nugget while aides watched on, having been allegedly trained in CPR/educated on silent aspiration/choking. His parents were still married and seem like decent people, with a little internet research. His parents trusted the school with their child, worked to establish an IEP, and he died there. Having a retarded student often qualifies your school for special grants and funding. They were happy to herd this kid in ans take the money for having him. Now the time has come to pay for their actions. It's too bad it hurts everyone else.

The aid should've also made sure to cut nuggets into an appropriate size for this retard. Usually a physical therapist or some other medical professional provides recommendations for the sizing. Some retards with dysphagia also have to have their liquids thickened, because they can legit choke on water. Retards, also have to be prevented from shoveling food in their mouth uncontrollably (usually by pulling the plate forward or telling them "chew what's in your mouth, first.")

Pretty fucked, but the district should be liable here.

 

[Beautiful Border]

He was retarded and the school knew he had dysphagia. He was given a spongy chicken nugget while aides watched on, having been allegedly trained in CPR/educated on silent aspiration/choking. His parents were still married and seem like decent people, with a little internet research. His parents trusted the school with their child, worked to establish an IEP, and he died there. Having a retarded student often qualifies your school for special grants and funding. They were happy to herd this kid in ans take the money for having him. Now the time has come to pay for their actions. It's too bad it hurts everyone else.

But that's the problem with modern society, it tries to keep people alive who in earlier times would be naturally filtered out. And don't fall for the trap of believing that doing this is benign or empathetic. The more these unhealthy and defective people survive to adulthood the greater the probability that they will reproduce and pollute the gene pool, making the human race more and more dysgenic and in the long run ultimately creating more suffering than simply allowing nature to run its course. I'm sorry, but if you're too retarded to chew your own fucking food then you don't deserve to live.