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Lodi跳伞培训学校因学员跳伞死亡被判4000万美元赔偿！
（SACBEE）Lodi skydiving school ordered to pay $40 million over death of Merced County man
洛迪跳伞学校因默塞德郡一名男子的死亡被判赔偿四千万美元
Two men die in tandem skydiving accident near Lodi
洛迪附近发生一起双人跳伞事故，两名男子丧生
A Merced County family, whose 18-year-old son died in a 2016 parachute accident, was awarded a $40 million dollar judgment this week against the owner of a troubled skydiving school with a history of tragic deaths.
默塞德县一户家庭18岁的儿子在2016年的跳伞事故中丧生。本周，这家跳伞学校的老板被判4000万美元。
Paul Van Der Walde, the attorney representing the family of Los Banos resident Tyler Turner, said the multimillion-dollar penalty is significant not only because of the amount, but because it specifically targets the owner of the skydiving school Skydivers Guild Inc., Bill Dause.
代表洛斯巴诺斯居民泰勒·特纳(Tyler Turner)家庭的律师保罗·范德瓦尔德(Paul Van Der Walde)说，数百万美元的罚款意义重大，不仅是因为数额，还因为它专门针对的是跳伞学校跳伞协会(skydiving Guild Inc.)的所有者比尔·杜斯(Bill Dause)。
“We are hoping this will allow us to get this place closed or be sold to a responsible owner who can operate it safely,” Van Der Walde said.
范德瓦尔德说:“我们希望这能让我们关闭这个地方，或者把它卖给一个负责任的、能够安全运营的所有者。”
Dause declined to discuss the lawsuit saying: “We appreciate your call, but no comment.”
杜斯拒绝讨论诉讼，他说:“感谢您的来电，但不予置评。”
Van Der Walde and the Turner family sued Skydivers Guild Inc. and Dause alleging negligence. Tyler Turner and the skydiving instructor he was jumping in tandem with died on Aug. 6 2016 near the skydiving center. Investigators said he plummeted 13,000 feet to the ground when the instructor, who was attached to Tyler by a harness, could not get their parachutes open.
范德瓦尔德和特纳家族以玩忽职守为由起诉了Skydivers Guild Inc.和Dause。2016年8月6日，泰勒·特纳和与他一起跳伞的教练在跳伞中心附近去世。调查人员说，他从13000英尺的高空坠落，当时系在泰勒身上的教官无法打开他们的降落伞。
“He (the instructor) was still under a probationary period when they did the jump,” Van Der Walde said. “And he did not have the appropriate emergency training.”
范德瓦尔德说:“跳伞时，他(教练)还处于试用期。”“而且他没有接受过适当的应急训练。”
Tyler Turner’s death was one of nearly two dozen fatalities that have happened at the center since 1981, Van Der Walde said. And he wanted to try and prevent any more accidents.
范德瓦尔德说，泰勒·特纳的死亡是该中心自1981年以来发生的近20起死亡事件之一。他想试着防止更多的事故。
In the past, Dause would create new operating companies to try and shield himself from tax liabilities and penalties, Van Der Walde said.
范德瓦尔德说，达斯会创建新的公司，试图保护自己免受税收责任和惩罚。
In the proposed order signed by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Barbara Kronlund on Monday, it reads: “Following court trial Bill Dause is found to be the alter ego of Skydivers Guild Inc. and is responsible for their entire judgment of $40,030,000.
在圣华金县高级法院法官芭芭拉·克朗伦德周一签署的命令草案中写道:“在法庭审判之后，比尔·杜斯被认定是Skydivers Guild Inc.的另一个身份，要对他们4003万美元的全部判决负责。”
Tyler Turner’s mother Francine Salazar Turner was relieved that nearly five years of litigation are over. She misses her son terribly and wants to use the judgment money to start a scholarship fund in her son’s name. Tyler was a straight-A student at Pacheco High School with a 4.3 grade point average.
泰勒·特纳(Tyler Turner)的母亲弗朗辛·萨拉查·特纳(Francine Salazar Turner)对近五年的诉讼结束感到宽慰。她非常想念自己的儿子，想用这笔钱以儿子的名义创立一个奖学金基金。泰勒是帕切科高中的全优生，平均绩点4.3。
“He was an amazing person,” Francine Turner said. “He had an adventurous spirit and wanted to do so much in this world.”
“他是个了不起的人，”弗朗辛·特纳(Francine Turner)说。“他有冒险精神，想在这个世界上做很多事情。”
Turner said her son earned a full scholarship to UC Merced, where he planned to focus on biomedical engineering.
特纳说，她的儿子获得了加州大学默塞德分校的全额奖学金，他计划在那里专注于生物医学工程。
She too hopes the skydiving center will be operated by someone else other than Dause.
她也希望这个跳伞中心能由杜斯以外的人来运营。
“He showed no compassion whatsoever,” she said. “It was just horrible.”
“他没有表现出任何同情，”她说。“太可怕了。”
The Turners are also thankful for the passage of Tyler’s Law in 2017, which tightened up the regulations for skydiving and sports parachuting operators.
特纳夫妇还感谢2017年通过的《泰勒法》，该法加强了对跳伞和运动跳伞操作员的管理。
Under that law, the owners and operators of skydiving or sport parachuting operation — to the extent allowed by federal law — have a duty to ensure that the parachutist in command of a tandem jump and the parachute rigger responsible for packing a parachute are in compliance with all federal laws relating to parachute safety and certifications.
在该法案下,跳伞或运动跳伞操作的所有人和操作人员-在联邦法律允许的范围内-有责任确保指挥串联跳伞的伞兵和负责包装降落伞的降落伞符合所有关于降落伞安全和认证的联邦法律。
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