Summary - Schools should check insurances of
third party service providers before excursions or sporting
activities.
We have previously discussed the case of Harris. But to recap,
Mr Harris sustained a back injury in the course of a school
excursion to the snow. Students who were "beginners" were
placed in learn to ski classes which were conducted by ski
instructors employed by Perisher Blue at Smiggins Hole. The
teachers from the school took no part in supervising the classes.
Mr Harris was a beginner. He sustained a back injury when he lost
control going over a mound while descending a gentle slope, during
the learn to ski class. He landed in a ditch.
Mr Harris sued the school and later joined Perisher Blue. He
succeeded in establishing that it was negligent to conduct a
beginners' class in an area where there was a mound and a
ditch.
