Utah schools to pay $100,000 for ‘drunk goggles’ injury

KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district has agreed to pay $100,000 to the family of a teenage girl who was injured while wearing so-called “drunk goggles” in a 2014 exercise.
The Standard-Examiner reports (http://bit.ly/2nXXMCQ ) that the Davis School District has agreed to put more than $61,000 into a trust account for Kylie Nielsen, of Kaysville, who was injured in class, to settle a personal injury lawsuit. The district will pay another $13,000 for medical expenses and $25,000 for legal feels.
Kylie was 13 in 2014 when she suffered a leg injury during an alcohol impairment simulation exercise in health class. According to court documents, former teacher Rick Smith encouraged students to play tag while wearing goggles designed to simulate drunkenness, an activity that caused Nielsen to break her ankle in multiple places.
Smith no longer works for the school district.