$2-Million Settlement in Marshmallow Choking

The parents of a sixth-grader who choked to death on marshmallows while playing a classroom game of “chubby bunny” settled their lawsuit in Chicago against a suburban school district for $2 million.

The settlement came in the second week of a trial over the 1999 death of 12-year-old Catherine Fish. Her parents had sought unspecified damages.

“This case was never about money,” said the family’s lawyer, Francis Patrick Murphy. “This case has been about getting the message across to America that dangerous games should not be played in school, with or without supervision.”