James Lee, a snowboarder who hit and broke the leg of a four-year-old skier on February 9, 2002 at Vancouver BC’s Grouse Mountain, has been court-ordered to pay $30,000 in damages to the family of the injured boy, according to a story in The Province.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams ruled Lee was liable for the accident and ordered him to pay $30,000 to the Gregorowicz family. . . However, Williams also ruled Peter Gregorowicz was partly responsible for the crash because he had taken his son around the ski fence and then cut across the steep section at the bottom of the funnel. . . Patrick Gregorowicz has recovered completely.
Make a mistake, pay the fine.
[Link: The Province]
Does everyone agree with this? Seems real extreme.
$30k!? Ridiculous. Just means the family hired a good lawyer.
I agree pathetic.
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