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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again.  Here's the story I was thinking of:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Death-of-boy-allergic-to-peanuts-leaves-1055896.php[/quote]

Here is another story of a peanut allergic child who was made to eat a PB&J sandwich in Maryland.

In 2005, a 5-year-old kindergartner named Liana Pace forgot her lunch, and did not have enough money in her cafeteria account to buy a lunch. A school cafeteria worker gave her a peanut butter sandwich from the school lunch program which provides free or reduced-price lunches to low-income children . Liana told the staff member that she couldn't eat peanuts, but the adult interpreted that statement as disobedience and ordered her to eat the sandwich.

Liana obeyed her and ate it, and then immediately went into anaphylaxic shock. Luckily, the school nurse knew about her allergy and had Liana's epinephrine auto-injector. Liana was given epinephrine and rushed to the hospital.

http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/28/child-forced-to-eat-allergen-maryland-court-rules-schools-not-responsible.htm
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