A former USC business student is suing the university, alleging she was badly injured while performing a trapeze exercise required of her as an elective while working toward her MBA.
Jill Johnson's Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also names as a defendant the Santa Monica Trapeze School LLC. The complaint alleges premises liability, negligence and negligent hiring, retention, training and supervision. Johnson seeks unspecified damages in the suit filed Oct. 10.A USC spokeswoman issued a statement Monday regarding the lawsuit, which read, 'We are aware of the lawsuit and will review it in detail.
The trapeze instructor told them they would be wearing a harness attached to ropes and that the instructor would be guiding the ropes to ensure the students landed safely into the net, the suit states.In the first exercise, the students were to hang upside down by their knees, the suit states. The instructors only demonstrated the exercise on the ground rather than on the trapeze and had the students practice with a wooden dowel, according to Johnson's complaint.
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