School to pay 15 million crowns in compensation

A court in Jindrichuv Hradec, in southeast Bohemia, has ruled that a school will have to pay 15 million crowns (around 690,000 US dollars) in compensation to one of its students, who had a serious accident during a field trip three years ago. The young boy, who was eight at the time, almost drowned during a swim that was supposed to have been supervised by teachers. The teachers have already been given a suspended sentence but the parents of the boy, who is now physically disabled, also sued the school for compensation.