Parents Georgina Burt and Andrew Dodt are the lead plaintiffs on a newly launched class action against the state of Tasmania and the operator of the Hillcrest jumping castle.
Georgie Burt and Andrew Dodt both lost children in the incident and are the lead plantifs on the class action .The state of Tas mania and jumping castle operator Taz-Zorb are facing a class action in the Supreme Court from victims and families of a 2021 jumping castle incident.
Six school children died and three were injured during an end-of-school event at Hillcrest Primary School in 2021 when wind lifted a jumping castle high into the air.Law firm Maurice Blackburn is seeking more families to join the class action, and separately, jumping castle operator Rosemary Gamble is still facing a criminal hearing in the magistrates court that will conclude next year.
Six children died and three were seriously injured when a jumping castle took flight at an end-of-year event at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport in north-west Tasmania in December 2021. Jumping castle operator Rosemary Gamble — trading as Taz-Zorb — has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge of failing to comply with a health and safety duty.The class action, launched by law firm Maurice Blackburn, has been filed in the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
The case alleges the state and Taz-Zorb had a duty of care and failed to take reasonable precautions to ensure the children's safety.Maurice Blackburn said those eligible to join the class action include children who suffered physical or psychological injuries in the incident, witnesses, and close family members of the deceased and injured children.
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