Article Archives >> Lead Stories >> April 1-16, 2004
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University Must Exercise Reasonable Care
In Directing Student on Class Field Trip
Case is analogous to charities directing volunteers
to perform services for the organization
Excerpt
A university has a duty to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in directing a student to perform acts as part of its curriculum, even where it has no specific duty to protect the student from harm, according to the Court of Appeals of Utah .
The Court has reversed a trial court decision dismissing a claim for negligence against the University of Utah brought by a student who fell on the ice while crossing a condominium property to get to a geological site during an off-campus field trip.
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