Family of Utah Bear Attack Victim Awarded Nearly $2 million Politics Topics

July 2nd, 2011 by Leo Truchanas

Family of Utah Bear Attack Victim Awarded Nearly $2 million

The family of an 11-year-old boy who was dragged from his tent and killed by a bear was recently awarded $1.9 million in damages.The Ives family went to American Fork Canyon in Utah for Fathers Day in 2007 when a black bear dragged Samuel Ives from his tent, reports the Daily Herald.The family filed a lawsuit in the wake of the tragedy, contending that the personnel working at the park did not warn them that there was a dangerous bear in the area.Ultimately Judge Dale Kimball determined that the federal government was 65 percent responsible for the incident, while the state government held 25 percent of the blame and the family was accountable for the final 10 percent, the Ives wrongful death attorney told the news source.“Plaintiffs have proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Defendant’s breaches were a cause of Sam Ives’ death and the Plaintiffs’ damages,” the judge wrote.The trial lasted about one week, reports the news provider.There have been at least three fatal bear attacks in North America this decade.

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