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Lawsuit Settled on Teenage Boy With Type 1 Who Died While Peers Sat and Drank Beer

As a parent of two children with diabetes, I know how hard it is to let children with diabetes attend field trips and other school events where there is little or no care provided by attending adults.  But it makes me incredibly sad as a parent to see that even mature teenagers may still need our guidance and care when it comes to diabetes.

People To People Leaders Allegedly Drank Beer While Student Was Dying
Allegations made by family of deceased student Tyler Hill

By Lisa Wade McCormick
ConsumerAffairs.com

August 7, 2009

Four delegation leaders on a People to People trip — in which a Minnesota teenager, Tyler Hill, with type 1 diabetes died — drank beer in their Tokyo hotel room instead of getting the 16-year-old the medical assistance he requested after he climbed Mt. Fuji.

That is one of the startling findings released today by the teen’s parents, who announced the official settlement of their civil action in the wrongful death lawsuit they filed in the wake their son’s June 29, 2007, death.

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