Family Files Suit Against High School Employees After Son Almost Dies at Soccer Practice

By David P. Hodge   On July 21, 2017, Patrick Clancy participated in a pre-season soccer practice for his high school team, Monticello High School outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. During and after practice, Clancy became severely ill and demonstrated signs of heat-related illness (HRI). At 8:00am on that day when practice began, the temperature was over 80 degrees, having previously reached as high as 97 degrees the day before. Monticello practiced on a synthetic turf field, which acco