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Really? Is everyone responsible in foreign exchange student’s skiing death?

WINTER SPORTS -- Will this suit put a chill on what foreign exchange students are exposed to as guests in the United States?

German family sues Montana ski resort for teen's death
The family of a German exchange student, who died after skiing into a tree well at the Whitefish Mountain Resort in 2010, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Montana resort, the company that handled the exchange student's stay in the U.S., and the family that hosted him.
-- Helena Independent Record



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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