Canadian Court Finds Negligence, Awards Student-Athlete $1.37 Million Judgment

The Supreme Court for British Columbia has held that a school district is liable for negligence in a case in which a 13-year-old boy was injured while playing field hockey.   Central to the ruling was the fact that Devon Hussack was playing field hockey for the first time when he was struck by a classmate, who inadvertently swung her stick for a shot.   Hussack was 13 when a physical-education teacher at Vedder Middle School encouraged him to join a field hockey game. Halfway through t