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Family of Deceased Student Files Lawsuit Against Wofford College

The estate of 20-year-old Randall Heffron filed the suit in Spartanburg on Thursday, contending the school's campus security officers failed to properly react when the man choked to death on pizza.

The family of a 20-year-old college student who choked to death while eating pizza has filed a lawsuit against Wofford College.

According to the Associated Press, the family of Randall Heffron filed the suit in Spartanburg on Thursday, contending Wofford College's campus security officers failed to properly react when the man choked to death on pizza.

Heffron, a Mount Pleasant native who stood out as a tennis player while at Bishop England High School at Daniel Island, died Sept. 10, 2011, when he choked on pizza he'd been eating with friends. The coroner later revealed that a vomiting episode may have led to Heffron's aspiration of the food. Heffron had a .253 blood alcohol level, more then three times the state's legal definition of intoxication.

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The suit says the campus security officers acted with gross negligence and recklessness and had negligent training and supervision, according to AP.

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