Family of Dead Wofford Student Considering Legal Action
A lawyer representing the estate of the late Randall Heffron is investigating whether a lawsuit is appropriate against multiple parties.
An attorney representing the family of Randall Heffron, a 20-year-old Wofford College tennis player who choked to death in his dorm room last year, confirmed Friday that he was investigating whether the family should pursue legal action because of the young man's death. "I am investigating the potential for legal action on behalf of the Estate against Wofford, EMS and Spartanburg Regional, but no final decision on filing suit or who the parties would be has been made at this time," said Frederick Jekel, a Mount Pleasant attorney. 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…
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Robin Heffron
12:31 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012
Andrew, I think to be "fair" to Randall you should refer to the BAC and vomitting as "alleged". Using the term "may" should tell you that there are other things that "may" have happened as well. Including the Coroner dismissing an 11 year veteran investigator who was with us at the hospital the night Randall died and who also was present when samples were taken that morning as well as present to …   more ›