Nebraska school district is forced to pay parents $1 million after boy dies of allergic reaction

A school district in Nebraska has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a cereal bar given to him by a teacher.

The Papillion La Vista School Board will vote on the wrongful death settlement with the parents of Jagger Shaw, 14, at their Monday night meeting.

The court documents give few details of what happened last May, as the settlement was reached through a probate court case rather than a civil suit.

Jagger’s parents, Tom and Jill Shaw, declined to comment on the settlement to the Omaha World-Herald, but his father said in a Facebook post that Jagger’s teacher at Liberty Middle School offered him a granola bar after he had asked to go to the office for a snack.

“I hugged and kissed him and told him to be good and have a nice day like every time I dropped him off,” he wrote.

Jagger Shaw, 14, suddenly became ill and started having an allergic reaction after a teacher at Liberty Middle School in Nebraska gave him a snack

Jagger was taken to a local hospital where he later died of an allergic reaction

He wrote how his son asked to go to the school office for a snack, but a teacher offered him one of her granola bars instead.

“Jagger took it and was halfway through eating and felt like he was going to have an allergic reaction and went to the nurse’s office,” his father said.

“They gave him Benadryl and waited to see if that worked,” Shaw said.

He wrote that his son tried to throw up the food but “came back from the bathroom flushed”. At that point, “the nurse gave him the EpiPen and called an ambulance.”

He did not describe Jagger’s allergy in the post, nor did he say if the school was aware of this allergy.

Jagger was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance, but the anaphylactic shock became critical

Jagger’s father Tom Shaw is pictured alongside his fiancee

Jagger Shaw, left, is seen with his twin brother, Jayce, and mother, Jill Shaw

Nebraska mother Jill Shaw is pictured next to her son Jagger, who died of an allergic reaction after consuming a cereal bar at school

Jagger was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance, but the anaphylactic shock became critical.

Shaw described how his son’s heart had to be restarted and his brain swelled.

He was transferred to Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, where he was put on a ventilator, only his condition worsened.

Father, Tom Shaw, published details of the events leading up to his son’s death on the internet

Jagger attended Liberty Middle School in Papillion, Nebraska. The school district’s liability insurer pays millions in severance pay

Troy Juracek is the Principal of Liberty Middle School

His father wrote how lack of oxygen and swelling had severely damaged his son’s brain. Doctors told the family that scans showed Jagger had negligible brain activity and there was no chance of recovery.

Jagger died surrounded by his family on May 7, 2022. “I hope he somehow knew we were with him,” Tom wrote.

The severance pay is paid by the school district’s liability insurance.

“Our thoughts are with the Shaw family. It’s such a tragic situation. Our hearts break for them,” said Annette Eyman, a district spokeswoman.

The Shaw family attorney did not respond to a phone message asking for details of the settlement.

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