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Parachute Center in court for negligence

By Richard Binder

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A Southern California man is suing a popular Lodi-area skydiving drop zone for negligence after a 2006 accident left him temporarily paralyzed and with severe spinal cord injuries.

Christian Barton knew jumping out of a plane was risky. But his attorney argues that Bill Dause, owner of the Parachute Center in Acampo and pilot of the plane the day of Barton's accident, failed to use care, resulting in the jumper's injury. Dause denies any fault, claiming that Barton used a reckless jumping technique despite prior warnings. 

The trial began yesterday, just months after the September deaths in Acampo of two experienced skydivers participating in a formation jump.

Full story here.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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