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Matter of Life or Death: School Liability and Catastrophic Injury Analysis Following Louisiana Incident The line between a normal school day and a life-altering tragedy is often thinner than we care to admit. Recently, at Dolby Elementary School in Louisiana, a six-year-old student named Nicholas “Nikko” Marks Jr. faced a terrifying medical emergency during lunch. While eating, Nikko began choking on a piece of an apple. His teacher, Megan Benham, noticed the child had tears streaming down his face and realized he wasn’t breathing. In a moment that Calcasieu Parish School Board Superintendent Jason VanMetre described as a “matter of life or death,” Benham jumped into action, using techniques she had seen her firefighter husband perform to dislodge the fruit. While this specific story ended with a successful rescue and a grateful mother, Rhonda Marks, it serves as a stark reminder for families in Richardson, Texas, about the immense responsibility schools and public institutions bear for the safety of our children. At Attorney911, we have spent over 27 years litigating catastrophic injury cases where the safety net failed. When a child is injured or faces a near-fatal event due to a lack of supervision, inadequate training, or unsafe premises, the…