Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 7:20:28 GMT -6
A teen, severely disfigured on a school trip to Costa Rica, is suing his former school, Salem Academy, for $20.8 million.
The lawsuit comes two years after Joseph Christopher Johnson attended a June 2014 educational trip organized by the private Christian school through a tour company.
A complaint filed in Marion County claimed responsibility for the incident lay with the school and the trip chaperones acting as the academy's agents. The complaint stated the following:
Johnson, who was 16 or 17 at the time of the trip, was swimming off the beach of La Isla Tortuga in Costa Rica when his "head and face were chopped, cut and severely injured by the propeller of a motor boat."
Read more: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/06/21/teen-injured-trip-sues-salem-academy-20-million/86189904/
The lawsuit comes two years after Joseph Christopher Johnson attended a June 2014 educational trip organized by the private Christian school through a tour company.
A complaint filed in Marion County claimed responsibility for the incident lay with the school and the trip chaperones acting as the academy's agents. The complaint stated the following:
Johnson, who was 16 or 17 at the time of the trip, was swimming off the beach of La Isla Tortuga in Costa Rica when his "head and face were chopped, cut and severely injured by the propeller of a motor boat."
Read more: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/06/21/teen-injured-trip-sues-salem-academy-20-million/86189904/