A HIGH faculty scholar died after consuming a dessert that workers wrongly stated was nut-free, a brand new lawsuit has claimed.

Kayleen Brown, 17, suffered a cardiac arrest and fell right into a coma after consuming the pastry at a faculty perform.

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{The teenager}, who suffered from a nut allergy, had requested workers at her faculty in Jacksonville, Florida if the baklava being served contained any nuts.

Baklava is a standard dessert from Turkey and far of the Center East and Southeast Europe, usually made from filo pastry, syrup, and chopped nuts.

Brown was informed by Atlantic Coast Excessive College workers in Duval County that it didn’t.

Nevertheless, it turned out the pastry contained pistachio nuts.

Brown shortly started displaying indicators of her allergy, based on the lawsuit filed by her father.

“She skilled anaphylaxis and cardiac arrest,” the lawsuit reads.

“She fell right into a coma and was declared lifeless on April 30, 2023.”

Steven Brown, the teenager’s father, says the varsity knew in regards to the teen’s nut allergy.

The lawsuit additionally accuses faculty officers of not appearing shortly sufficient after Brown began to “exhibit signs related along with her meals allergy.”

In line with the lawsuit, a faculty nurse reportedly did not see her, and officers did not contact emergency responders.

Brown went to a neighborhood pharmacy to choose up some Benadryl, however her signs quickly worsened.

Her father is suing Duval County Public Faculties (DCPS) for $50,000 for negligence.

The lawsuit claims {the teenager} died as a “direct and proximate consequence” of the DCPS’ negligence.

It additionally calls for a jury trial in opposition to the DCPS.

“Defendant DCPS owed an obligation of care to its college students, together with Kayleen Brown, to make sure that meals that was designated as allergen-free and/or had been requested to be ready allergen-free was actually free from allergens that may trigger dying or severe hurt to college students,” the criticism goes on to say.

Brown’s obituary says that she was planning on beginning her first job after graduating earlier than attending Florida State Faculty at Jacksonville after which the College of Central Florida.

She was wanting ahead to spending the summer season along with her buddies.

Steven Brown says that he hopes the lack of his daughter will assist save others from an analogous destiny.

“My fast factor was, ‘Why did she depart faculty?'” he stated in an interview with News4JAX.

“‘Or why was she allowed to depart faculty if the trainer was conscious that she was having an allergic response?’

“My very first thing could be, ‘Why wasn’t 911 known as?'”