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NV Schoo! District 44 also
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A B.C. Supreme Court action suing North “Vancouver's
School District 44 for alleged negligence and former, drama
teacher Campbell } Colin Dagg for alleged psychological and
emotional ¢ i ages suffered by; the plaintiff as a result of
23 being sexually: Assaulted by Dagg is scheduled to begin
Monday. ys

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counters between Lyth and Dagg;
that'took place at Dage’ 's cabin in On Aug. 23, 1984, Dagg receiv- |
Washington State and at a por- ed a suspended sentence and was
table. school classroom from placed on probation for 18 months °
August 1981 to the fall of 1982... / , after he had pleaded guilty. in
Lyth, now 22, was 15 at the time North Vancouver provincial court
“of the assaults, Dagg was jhis to gross indecency in connection
drama teacher at) Handsworth “with incidents involving Lyth from
Secondary School. August 1981 to July 1982.

The statement: claims the! en- He was also ordered to perform
counters have scarred Lyth /emo- 360 hours of community work ser-
tionally and: psychologically: and vice and subsequently dismissed
fat | he‘suffers.from post- “traumatic from teaching.

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‘In a statement of claim filed on ; By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
behalf of Jeffrey Lyth, lawyers for ° News Reporter
the plaintiff outline sexual >| ,

"Lyth is suing Dagg for punitive . , . :
ind exemplary damages resulting  ‘‘The school board, Lyth claims,
; ‘from those j: ual assaults, com- was negligent because if had"
itted when!'the Plaintiff was ex- been aware of allegations made
emely i immature sexually... about Dage and ais sexual
4 Phe. schoo! ‘board, Lyth claims, activities with male students
‘was’ negligent, because it had been Prior to August 1981...."°
: aware \of’ allegations made about _ ‘
exual: activities with” © sananeeaneaeemeaientammemanaemeas
i male, ‘students, prior to} ‘August Crown prosecutors had asked
“19BEN and th: it should» have for a three-month jait term. But, in
- known }Dage' $: inclination to. passing sentence, Judge: J.D.
become | ‘involved sexually with Layton said that though. the ‘case
male students. er Ae had shocked the community and
Lyth Jis seeking costs , and the drama teacher had breached
ubspecified damages from. the _ his position of trust, Dageg’s long
trict. yo and worthwhile contribution to the ©
. "But in ‘his- stateinent of defence, | 1 community mitigated against a.
Dagg denies allegations that he'ini-! _ prison sentence.
tially , seduced : ‘Lyth. by providing” In Dagg’s first court appearance
“him with dtugsiand liquor.’ : following his May ‘H, 1984 arrest,
, Dagg,..admits |. that '.sexual” én, “ithe teacher had elected to be tried
. counters. took place at, his cabin’ iby a'judge and jury. But on Aug.
and at: " various places: in’ North, ‘15, 1984 he, re-elected to be’ tried
“ Vancouver, but: claims ’any sexual : by a judge ‘and ‘pleaded guilty to a”
ciween the two were ’ charge of gross indecency.
"done with the consent of-Lyth, ‘A’ 'stay of «proceedings. was
He, also; claims that if Lyth suf- entered in a second coun: of gross
: fered" ‘emotional and. psychological indecency «laid against Dagg in..”
», damage it’ was unrelated to him. :, connection: ‘with alleged incidents
‘The’ schdol .. boar denies all involving.two other males between
“allegations that ‘it had any -knowl- 7 77 August. 198l-and March 1982:
edge, of or should’, have -had any Lyth's. suit’ “against the school
"3 district: and Dagg: is scheduled to
take between six and eight days.