A Nevada mother has filed a federal lawsuit against a local school district, alleging that her eight-year-old son died after a school employee failed to recognize that he was choking and sent him alone to a bathroom instead of calling for help.
Cruzito Ruiz, a third-grade student at Bass Elementary School in Clark County, collapsed at school on February 25, 2025, after choking on a piece of pineapple during lunch, according to the complaint filed on March 3 by his mother, Amanda Corbala.
