RESEDA PRINCIPAL'S MEMO ANGERS PLAYER'S FAMILY.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer A dispute surfaced Monday between the family of a Reseda High football player who died and the school's principal over whether the youth had told teammates, coaches or the team doctor about feeling numbness numbness /numb·ness/ (num´nes) anesthesia (1). Numbness Loss of feeling or sensation. Mentioned in: Topical Anesthesia in his legs during a game. Principal Robert Kladifko released a statement Friday that Eric Hoggatt, 18, was feeling exhausted after a ``terrific game'' but had not complained to anyone about ``any physical problems.'' After the game, Hoggatt rode the bus home and was found dead the next day by his mother. ``Prior to getting on the bus, and after he came out of the game, with about two minutes remaining, he had conversations with coaches and the team doctors. He gave no indication of any physical problems, except exhaustion from playing a terrific game,'' Kladifko said in a memo issued Friday to his staff. Family members expressed outrage Monday at the statement, and their attorney, Martha Woliung, said that it simply was not true. She said several players observed Hoggatt complain about feeling numb numb (num) anesthetic (1). numb adj. 1. Being unable or only partially able to feel sensation or pain; deadened or anesthetized. 2. . ``The statement is absolutely outrageous - it flies in the face of what his teammates were saying. They know he was making the complaints about numbness to his legs, feet and fingers. ``For the district to come out and say he was making no complaints at all, only indicating that it was exhaustion, is not only self-serving, it is just incorrect.'' Various family members said they were angered by the statement. ``I don't think that's right. Of course there had to be something that went wrong,'' said Hoggatt's sister, Nicole. ``They don't want to admit something was wrong.'' Kladifko said the statement was based on his own assessment and his conclusion based on talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the doctor and coaches. ``It was my opinion he was suffering from exhaustion,'' he said. Coroner's officials announced Monday that the autopsy was inconclusive INCONCLUSIVE. What does not put an end to a thing. Inconclusive presumptions are those which may be overcome by opposing proof; for example, the law presumes that he who possesses personal property is the owner of it, but evidence is allowed to contradict this presumption, and show who is , with final determination awaiting neuropathology neuropathology /neu·ro·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je) pathology of diseases of the nervous system. neu·ro·pa·thol·o·gy n. The study of diseases of the nervous system. and toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. studies. Hoggatt was found dead Friday morning when his mother, Verna Hoggatt, noticed that he was not awake at the customary time to catch the school bus from South Central Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to the Valley, a trip he had been making for 12 years. Hoggatt died in his sleep just hours after a sports doctor examined him, found nothing wrong, but told him not to return for the last two minutes of a losing game, school officials said. ``There was no obvious cause of death. Nothing was found with the naked eye,'' said coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
Neuropathology tests are done on the brain and spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. . Toxicology work includes tests for drugs or alcohol, Carrier said. On Monday, Kladifko announced that a memorial for Hoggatt was scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Friday at the Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. football field. A memorial fund has been established through the campus student store, with checks payable to Reseda High School Student Body - Eric Hoggatt Memorial Fund. Hoggatt's former girlfriend, Erin Nicolson, said she and members of the family came to campus Monday morning and asked friends of Hoggatt to join them in a gathering at a nearby Denny's restaurant. She said she felt that the family members were treated poorly after coming to campus. ``I just felt we weren't welcome, basically,'' said Nicole Hoggatt. She said the family is considering boycotting the service on Friday. ``We don't want to go, because we weren't welcome.'' Kladifko said he understands the feelings involved, but that he had to make sure that classes were not disrupted. He said they didn't get permission to visit classes. ``They should have come through the office - they were visiting classes and caused a disruption. There's a lot of grieving grieving Mourning, see there going on. ``They were feeling bad. On the other hand, we have a school to run, and we need to have kids getting back in class.'' |
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