Suit filed for
finger loss

Liam Lahey
Contributing Writer

A Carson Graham
Secondary School stu-
dent, who lost two fin-
gers during a wood-
working class, is suing
the North Vancouver
School Board.

Hamid Reza Jahangiri-
Bojani, 16, had wo fingers on
his left hand severed in a Dec.
3, 1997 accident while working
ona picce of equipment known
as a jointer.

Jahangiri-Bojani, who also
named teacher Tim Brudder in
the suit, had his right hand ina
cast at the time. The srudent
sought permission to be
excused from Brudder’s wood
technology class due to his bro-
ken right hand. His request was
denied and he attended
Brudder’s clsss.

Brudder alizgedly instructed
Jahangiri-Bojani to assist anoth-
er student rather than have him
attempt to work alcne. The
accident — occurred n
Jahangiri-Bojani moved to pre-
vent a fellow student from
injuring himself on the jointer.
He severed two fingers from his
own left hand.

The jointer has a safety bar
~ that is supposed to automatical-

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However, the spring on the
safety bar had been broken for
nvo or three weeks.

In a writ of summons,
Jahangir. Bojani claims the
North Varcotiver School Board
was negligent -vhen it failed to
take reasonable care to ensure
the safety of its students, and
that it failed to warn Brudder
that the safety bar on the joint-
er was in need of repair. Pat
Heal, chairperson for the North
Vancouver Schoo! Board, said
she wasn’t prepared to make a
commert on the case.

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