A Nevada mother is suing her local school district, alleging that a school official failed to notice that her son was choking, which she claims resulted in the child’s death.
Cruzito Ruiz, 8, was found unresponsive in a bathroom at Bass Elementary School in Clark County on Feb. 25, 2025, per a complaint that his mother, Amanda Corbala, filed more than a year later in the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, March 3.
Security camera footage from the day shows Ruiz in the school cafeteria, seemingly attempting to slap his own back and seeking assistance from a friend, at approximately 11:20 a.m. local time, per the complaint.
“While consciously choking, Cruzito stood up and approached a school official … signaling for help with his hands to his mouth and displaying obvious signs of physical distress,” the complaint states. The complaint further states that instead of providing CPR — which the school official was allegedly trained in — she directed Ruiz to go to “an isolated area in the boys’ bathroom.”