Can I kill this kid?
10/13--Canada.com is reporting that British Columbia's Richmond School District has canceled all student skiing and snowboarding trips scheduled for this season. The move comes while the district appeals a $2.9-million damage award to a former student injured during a school snowboarding trip. Last March a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Whistler-Blackcomb 70% at fault and the Richmond school district 15% at fault for the January 2000 accident that left the student, Travis Murao, a quadriplegic. The ski area settled out of court for an undisclosed sum while the school district's liability, including court costs, amounts to nearly $500,000. Commenting on the decision to cancel the student ski trips, school board chairwoman Annie McKitrick said "We're the board that was put on trial. We just want to safeguard ourselves at this point." Other school districts in B.C. are said to be tightening up their consent forms while watching the Richmond district's appeal very closely. One nearby school board spokesperson explained to Canada.com last week, "We've told our schools to go ahead and book the events they normally would, but not to commit themselves financially for the moment." Reports are that the Richmond School District's appeal won't be heard for several months, meaning that the issue will not likely be resolved before the end of this ski season. At trial Murao and his lawyer admitted that the then 17 year old student attempted to hit a 4.5-meter jump that was beyond his skill level and landed on his head. They successfully claimed the district and 4 teachers provided inadequate supervision. After the jury handed down its judgment, which also included a finding that Murao himself was 15% at fault, Murao's attorney, Joe Murphy, told reporters, "It's good news in the sense that the school district was found at fault for Travis's accident, the bad news is that the fault of the teachers and the school was only 15% of the total damages."
For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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