Case Study: The Chilliwack School District

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On June 26, 2009, the Supreme Court of British Columbia held that the Chilliwack School District was responsible for the injuries sustained by Devon Hussack, a 7TH grade student playing field hockey in his Physical Education class. The court found that the physical education teacher didn’t meet the standard of care as the student didn’t have any experience in the sport and was not taught at all how to play this particular sport. The student sued the school district for carelessly failing to teach and coach him the necessary skills to play field hockey. Because of this, the student argued that the school didn’t protect him from being struck in the face by another student’s stick during the course of a game. A few weeks after the injury, Devon

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