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Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest
Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart University is denying any wrongdoing in a student's choking death during a pancake eating contest in 2017. In court documents filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Bridgeport, the college's attorney's blamed Caitlin Nelson’s own actions in her death in response to a lawsuit brought by Nelson’s mother. Nelson, 20, who was studying social work and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, was rushed to St. Vincent's Medical Center in March 2017 after choking on the pancakes during a charity fundraiser.  Her mother, Rosanne Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, who is seeking dam…

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