A $4-million mistake in Phys. Ed.

Focuses on an accident in a physical education class at St. Mary's School in Westlock, Alberta that left Margaret McCabe paralyzed in 1991. The court awarding McCabe a judgment of $4 million, that left schools across the province rethinking their risk policies; School liability for in-class accidents; The four principles to guide teachers, including coached progressions and adequate supervision; How the ruling of Justice Cecilia Johnstone is seen as an intrinsic pattern of the welfare state. INSET: Yes, but how much should she have earned?.