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Spring Branch ISD Settles Lawsuit Over Student's Rubber Glove Death

6/1/2026

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Spring Branch Independent School District settled the lawsuit on May 19 over Sebastian Romo’s death after he choked on a rubber glove, though the terms were not disclosed.
Parents said the student, with a history of ingesting objects, was left unsupervised without his chewable toy while a speech-language pathology assistant was allegedly on a cellphone.
The district denied wrongdoing and noted that a court dismissed most of the family’s claims.

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Spring Branch Independent School District settled the lawsuit on May 19 over Sebastian Romo’s death after he choked on a rubber glove, though the terms were not disclosed.
Parents said the student, with a history of ingesting objects, was left unsupervised without his chewable toy while a speech-language pathology assistant was allegedly on a cellphone.
The district denied wrongdoing and noted that a court dismissed most of the family’s claims.