$10 Million Settlement in Case of Heatstroke Death

By Rachel S. Silverman Update to original article “Murder Charge Against High School Coaches Accused of Negligence,” published November 2021. On August 13, 2019, Imani Bell, a 16-year-old student at Elite Scholars Academy in Jonesboro, GA, died after collapsing during running drills during a basketball practice in 100-degree weather. At the time of the incident, the temperature was 98 degrees with a heat index temperature of 101 to 106. A heat advisory had been declared for Clayton Cou