The Lafayette Town Board has 120 days to act and disallow the claim, which then would allow the Buss family to file a formal civil lawsuit against the town. Staber said the letter indicates the family is seeking $100,000 for the Buss estate and $525,000 for a wrongful death. Rohde did not return calls for comment Thursday. “The (state Department of Natural Resources) finally relented and gave us permission to make the changes,” he said.Īttorney Dean Rohde of River Falls-based Bye, Goff & Rohde is representing the Buss family. The landscape also has been altered - a “point” people used to jump directly into the water below has been removed, Staber said. “There are no trees left there for a rope swing.”īarricades have been set up at the site to make it more difficult to get a “running start” to leap into the water, he said. “Since the accident, we’ve taken even more corrective measures,” Staber said.
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Town workers have cut down rope swings and zip lines that went over the water, but they usually reappeared. Staber said town officials discouraged people from jumping into the water at the site prior to Buss’ death. The Town Board is scheduled to discuss the claim when it meets Monday night. The notice is a precursor to a possible lawsuit. The notice was served to Lafayette Town Chairman David Staber. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:45 p.m. in Paint Creek along 53rd Avenue when he apparently swung on a rope over the water, didn’t let go and swung back, colliding with a cliff before dropping into the water. He was with a group of people swimming at 6:18 p.m. CHIPPEWA FALLS - The family of a 16-year-old boy who drowned in July after jumping off a cliff into Paint Creek has filed a notice with the town of Lafayette seeking a settlement of $625,000.
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