A teenager who was paralyzed when he did a flip off a trampoline in his school's gym agreed to a $14.6 million settlement. In 1992, Ryan Murray, then 13, was rendered a quadriplegic. He was taking part in a tumbling class run by an employee of Chicago Youth Centers who didn't have the qualifications to teach trampolining. Trained spotters and safety equipment, including appropriate landing mats, were not provided. School districts throughout the country had banned trampolines 10 to 15 years before Murray was injured, and he maintained that the Board of Education should never have purchased the mini trampoline or permitted its use. The Chicago Board of Education paid $12,675,000 and Chicago Youth Centers and James Collins paid $2 million.
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