ROCK CLIMBING NEWS ITEM

Parents Blame School for Teen's Climbing Accident

THURSDAY, 30 AUGUST 2007

The parents of Mills High School sophomore Alisa Gaan are blaming the school for the rock-climbing accident that broke their daughter's back.

Gaan was climbing down the rock-climbing wall during a physical education class, when she fell. She was hospitalized for two weeks after getting a broken back. Gaan's family and lawyer claim that the school is to be blamed for the accident, since the rope used was not connected properly to the harness.

"It is a completely egregious error," Steven Choi, Gaan's attorney said. "It is a total beginner's error." The accident is being investigated by the San Mateo County Schools Insurance Group, an attorney for the district's insurance company.

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