The Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $3.5 million settlement with the family of Jordan McNair, a former Terrapins football player who died from a heat stroke in May 2018.
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Maryland approves $3.5 million settlement over Jordan McNair s death
Emily Giambalvo and Rick Maese, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
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Marty McNair, the father of late Maryland football player Jordan McNair, welcomes his friend Michael Locksley., right, before Locksley is introduced as the new Maryland football head coach at Cole Field House on December 6, 2018.Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys.
Nearly two and a half years after the University of Maryland vowed to accept legal and moral responsibility for the death of Jordan McNair, state officials approved a $3.5 million settlement between the school and the football player s family Wednesday.
All the parties, including the school and the state attorney general s office, had signed off on the settlement, and Wednesday s approval from the Board of Public Works - the entity charged with overseeing state spending, including contracts and legal settlements - was the final step in the process. McNair,
The report also states that at least an hour had passed before a football trainer dialed 911.
University of Maryland Athletic Director Damon Evans and then-university President Wallace D. Loh issued an apology to the McNair family during a family meeting in August 2018. And said the “university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made on that fateful workout day.”
Adding, “The university owes you an apology. You entrusted Jordan to our care, and he is never returning home.”
D.J. Durkin, the head coach at the University of Maryland when McNair died, was fired in October 2018 by Loh.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) The University of Maryland has agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with the parents of football player Jordan McNair, who died of heatstroke following a workout in 2018.
The amount was made public on Friday in a meeting agenda released by the Maryland Board of Public Works. It must be approved at the board’s meeting on Jan. 27.
The payout will be given to McNair s parents, Marty McNair and Tonya Wilson.
Jordan McNair collapsed during an outdoor conditioning practice held by the team on May 29, 2018. The 19-year-old was treated at the team training complex before being transported to the hospital, where he died two weeks later, on June 13.