1985_09 The Daily Collegian September 1985

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NEWS
The Daily Collegian
Trampoline injury fuels trend fear
DENVER, CO (CPS)-
higher education attorneys call
troubling case for colleges and I
ties," a judge has ruled the Uni\
Denver must pay $5 million  to i
some student who injured himself jumping on ble for students'behavioi
"very a trampoline at a campus fraternity house. The trend, which in recent years ha:
niversi- Among other things, experts fear the cost colleges money in legal fees and dam
:rsity of ruling fuels an emerging trend for courts age awards to students who have had mis
former to hold colleges more and more accounta- fortunes on campuses, is convincing man;
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drinking ages, impose
tougher dorm regulations and give them¬
selves more latitude in suspending stu-
At DU, student Oscar Whitlock, now
confined to a wheelchair, became para¬
lyzed after falling/off a trampoline at his
university-owned  fraternity  house  four
Whitlock si
1 DU, charging the uni-
er and landlord of the
responsible  for its  safe
property,  was
upkeep.
A Denver District Court jury agreed
with Whitlock, and awarded the quadri¬
plegic student $5.2 million in damages.
On August 8.1985, after several appeals,
the Colorado Court of Appeals restored
the jury's $5.2 million award to Whitlock.
" It was really just a question of Whether
the university, with the many controls it
already placed in the house, such as limit¬
ing the size of fraternity signs, the number
of people in the building, and so on, was
also responsible for seeing that a danger-
"...the school was negligent
when it failed to correct
what was known to be a
potentially dangerous situ¬
ation."
- Miller
explat
which officials
from the prop-
J.Kent Miller, one of Whi-
" We proved that DU officials knew
about (the trampoline), and we even had
some of them testify that they were fully
aware of the dangers of trampolines and
the potential for serious injuries." Miller
says. "And we argued that as owner and
controller of the property, the school was
negligent when it failed to correct what
was known to be a potentially dangerous
All of which scares college liability
experts. The appellate court ruling "is a
very troubling case for colleges and uni¬
versities," notes attorney George Dikeou,
a college liability expert for the National
Association of College and University
Attorneys.
Indeed, over the last several years courts
have placed more responsibility on col¬
leges and universities for insuring the
safety and welfare of students.
Just last summer, for instance, a state
court held the State University of New
York at Stoney Brook partly responsible
for the rape of a student in one of its
dorms because officials failed to lock and
secure the entryway.
Another student sucessfully got pay¬
ment from the University of Alabama for
a rape in an off-campus house owned by
the school, and the survivors of a grue¬
some kidnapping and murder case at
North Carolina Wcsleyan are suing the
school for not lighting a parking lot.
About 72 percent of the schools belong¬
ing to the Christian College Coalition say
they've been sued by students over events
ranging from being cut by a broken win¬
dow to football injuries to, in one case,
getting too fat on dorm food.
A host of other schools have been held
liable for accidents involving student drink¬
ing and misbehavior.
The DU ruling, some experts say, makes
colleges even more vulnerable.
"Universities own property all over the
place," lawyer Dikeou notes. "Now are
they going to be responsible for inspecting
and policing everything thalgoes on any
property they own?"
"That's exactly what could happen,"
says Liz Williams, DU vice chancellor of
financial affairs. "Judgments of this sort
are not just hurting the schools involved,
but will end up hurting all colleges and
universities."
Williams says DU plans to appeal the
decision  to the state  Supreme Court
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CSOFTODAY
The regular filing period for bachelor's degrees
to be granted in December 1985 is Sept. 3 through
Sept. 16. The late filing period will be Sept. 17
through Sept. 30. Degree applications will beavail-
able in the Evaluations Office in room 114 of the
Joyal Administration Building. The office is open
from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to pur¬
chase season tickets for Bulldog soccer, volleyball
and football through the Bulldog Ticjtet Office,
located at the south end of Bulldog Stadium. The
Ticket Office telephone number is 294-DOGS.
Faculty/staff season soccer tickets for the II-
match home schedule are available for $ 12.50. Stu¬
dents with proper identification may purchase a
i of two season tickets for just $8 each.
Faculty/staff season football tickets for the six-
game home Bulldog schedule are priced at $34, $31,
and $25 depending on seat location. There is a limit
of two tickets per person. Student season tickets,
also limited to two, are priced at $24 each.
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