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Trap – Tube Sledding – The Owner’s Obligation to Use All of the Means at his Disposal to Prevent the Creation of a Trap

March 2017 Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec

Girard v. Ville de Baie-Comeau, 2016 QCCS 6541

Mr. Luc Girard (“Girard”) suffered a foot fracture when he crashed into a low wall at the bottom of a tube sledding hill. He initiated civil liability proceedings against the City of Baie Comeau (“Baie Comeau”), which owns the Centre de ski Mon Ti-Basse. The Court allowed the claim in the amount of $189,135.76.