Overview
- Court filings say a May 14 incident left a 13-year-old with a fractured jaw and intracranial bleeding after another resident slammed his head and staff delayed summoning emergency medical help.
- Two families filed lawsuits on Monday naming Provo Canyon School and owner Universal Health Services and accusing staff of failing to provide timely emergency care and proper medical treatment.
- State health officials placed conditions on the school's license in May that bar new admissions and require immediate staff retraining, and those conditions are set to expire June 18.
- One lawsuit alleges staff gave a student only daily ibuprofen while she vomited for two weeks, and treating doctors say that contributed to acute kidney injury that now requires regular dialysis.
- Paris Hilton joined a press conference supporting the families and called for the school's closure as her long-running advocacy and recent legislation have intensified public and regulatory scrutiny of the troubled-teen sector.