Relief for family of boy killed by bear
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May 5, 2011, Thursday
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A UTAH federal judge has awarded nearly US$2 million to the family of an 11-year-old boy killed by a bear at a campsite in 2007.
The family of Samuel Ives sued the United States Forest Service for failing to close the American Fork Canyon campsite in the mountains about 48 kilometers south of Salt Lake City after the bear attacked another camper.
In his ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Dale Kimball said the forest service had a "duty" to warn the Ives family of the earlier attack either verbally, by posting signs on a gate leading in the area or by roping off the campsite.
The Pleasant Grove boy died on June 17, 2007 - Father's Day - after a bear ripped through his tent and dragged him away. Ives' mauled body was found about 400 meters from the campsite.
The bear had caused problems in the same area 12 hours earlier, ripping through another tent and rummaging through coolers. Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources had dubbed it a "level 3" nuisance bear - the most dangerous level - and crews set out to find and kill it. The bear was only killed after Ives' death.
In a February trial, attorneys for the government argued that no warnings were necessary because Utah had not previously seen a fatal attack by a black bear.
The family of Samuel Ives sued the United States Forest Service for failing to close the American Fork Canyon campsite in the mountains about 48 kilometers south of Salt Lake City after the bear attacked another camper.
In his ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Dale Kimball said the forest service had a "duty" to warn the Ives family of the earlier attack either verbally, by posting signs on a gate leading in the area or by roping off the campsite.
The Pleasant Grove boy died on June 17, 2007 - Father's Day - after a bear ripped through his tent and dragged him away. Ives' mauled body was found about 400 meters from the campsite.
The bear had caused problems in the same area 12 hours earlier, ripping through another tent and rummaging through coolers. Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources had dubbed it a "level 3" nuisance bear - the most dangerous level - and crews set out to find and kill it. The bear was only killed after Ives' death.
In a February trial, attorneys for the government argued that no warnings were necessary because Utah had not previously seen a fatal attack by a black bear.
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