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Camon's mother files suit
13 February 2009
Hit in game killed ex-Thunder player
By JULIE MURPHY
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- The mother of an indoor football player who died after a hard hit during a game at the Ocean Center is suing on behalf of her son.
Javon Camon, a first-year defensive back for the Daytona Beach Thunder, suffered a jarring hit in the fourth quarter against the Columbus Lions on Feb. 26, 2007. Camon, 25, was treated on the field and taken to the Halifax Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Natalie Montgomery's negligence lawsuit, filed in Volusia County on Tuesday, is against the World Indoor Football League and Daytona Beach Thunder -- both defunct -- and Volusia County, which operates the Ocean Center.
Montgomery contends in the suit that Camon was incorrectly treated for his injury, including being rolled over onto his back and his helmet removed before his neck was immobilized, which resulted in his death. The lawsuit also claims there were no emergency personnel or paramedics in the arena at the time of the collision.
Montgomery is suing all three entities for their failure to have "regulating policies, procedures and protocols to be followed in the event an athlete suffers a potentially life-threatening injury while on the football field," according to the suit.
The season after Camon's death, the Daytona Beach Thunder moved to AFL2 and became the Thunderbirds under ownership led by Zach and Kevin McDonald. The move left the World Indoor Football League with only three teams and it folded, as did the Thunderbirds after one season in its new league.
Neither the McDonalds nor representatives for Volusia County could be reached Thursday afternoon for comment.
13 February 2009
Hit in game killed ex-Thunder player
By JULIE MURPHY
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- The mother of an indoor football player who died after a hard hit during a game at the Ocean Center is suing on behalf of her son.
Javon Camon, a first-year defensive back for the Daytona Beach Thunder, suffered a jarring hit in the fourth quarter against the Columbus Lions on Feb. 26, 2007. Camon, 25, was treated on the field and taken to the Halifax Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Natalie Montgomery's negligence lawsuit, filed in Volusia County on Tuesday, is against the World Indoor Football League and Daytona Beach Thunder -- both defunct -- and Volusia County, which operates the Ocean Center.
Montgomery contends in the suit that Camon was incorrectly treated for his injury, including being rolled over onto his back and his helmet removed before his neck was immobilized, which resulted in his death. The lawsuit also claims there were no emergency personnel or paramedics in the arena at the time of the collision.
Montgomery is suing all three entities for their failure to have "regulating policies, procedures and protocols to be followed in the event an athlete suffers a potentially life-threatening injury while on the football field," according to the suit.
The season after Camon's death, the Daytona Beach Thunder moved to AFL2 and became the Thunderbirds under ownership led by Zach and Kevin McDonald. The move left the World Indoor Football League with only three teams and it folded, as did the Thunderbirds after one season in its new league.
Neither the McDonalds nor representatives for Volusia County could be reached Thursday afternoon for comment.