The parents of a boy who fell when an elevated walkway at Winnipeg's Fort Gibraltar collapsed during a school field trip are suing the city and Festival du Voyageur.
An adult and 17 children were injured and taken to hospital when an elevated walkway at Fort Gibraltar collapsed during a school field trip in May.
He also had serious physical complications from the injuries and will still need to undergo more surgeries and incur extra medical expenses, a statement of claim filed in Manitoba's Court of King's Bench on Aug. 11 said. 17 children, 1 adult injured after walkway collapses during school trip to Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg
Fort Gibraltar is a 1978 replica of two earlier forts of the same name. The original fort was used as a centre for fur trade commerce and early settlers in Winnipeg. The last time the walkway was inspected was in 2006, and the last time it had been repaired was in 2004, a city spokesperson said at the time.The lawsuit accuses the city and Festival du Voyageur of negligence, "failing to remediate a hazardous condition and thereby creating a highly dangerous trap" and "failing to take reasonable or any precautions to avoid a reasonably foreseeable accident.
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