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Report: Mizzou failed to follow protocol

Associated Press

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri officials failed to follow policies for medical emergencies when freshman linebacker Aaron O'Neal collapsed and later died during a 2005 summer workout, according to legal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The university agreed in March to pay $2 million to O'Neal's parents to settle a lawsuit. But the sworn testimony of several key university employees who supervised the workout show a series of missteps. Athletic department employees also sho ...

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