– We have decided to appeal, says communications director Richard Kongsteien at the City Environment Agency in Oslo municipality. In May 2021, former MMA athlete Geir Kåre Nyland (32) carried out a so-called “military jump” from the pier at the Munch Museum in Oslo. A plunge with a tight body and hands along the side. Underwater, he hit a concrete element head first. Geir Kåre suffered a complete spinal cord injury. He was paralyzed from the chest down and will never be able to walk again. In June, the Oslo District Court ruled that the municipality must pay compensation because the security at the site was not good enough. – The verdict leaves several questions Oslo municipality has spent the summer considering whether or not to appeal the verdict. The deadline to appeal expires on Thursday 24 August. At a meeting on Thursday, the municipality has finally decided. Richard Kongsteien is director of communications at the City Environment Agency in Oslo municipality. Photo: Thomas Bløndal / news – It is important for us to clarify how far the municipality’s responsibility extends in cases like this. The district court’s judgment leaves several questions. That is why we have decided to appeal, says Kongstein of the Urban Environment Agency. The Oslo district court believed that the municipality had acted negligently in the case Oslo municipality believes that the district court has misjudged several key points and that there are errors in the assessment of evidence in the judgment. – We believe that there is no basis for liability, and will submit a claim for acquittal in the Court of Appeal. The evaluation of the professional basis for appealing has been done by the City Environmental Agency and the Municipal Attorney. Who has had the last word in the matter? – The last word lies with the city council in compensation lawsuits of this size, says Kongstein. Was happy when the verdict came down When the verdict came down in June, news met a smiling Geir Kåre Nyland. It was a smiling Geir Kåre Nyland who met news in Kubaparken in Oslo after the verdict was announced. Photo: Jenny Dahl Bakken / NRKIt was a smiling Geir Kåre Nyland who met news in Kubaparken in Oslo after the verdict was announced. Photo: Jenny Dahl Bakken / news – I am very happy. That’s what I’ve been fighting for for so long. It’s nice to win, Geir Kåre Nyland told news at the time. After the verdict was handed down, the man’s lawyer Christian Lundin said that he hoped on behalf of his client that the municipality would not appeal. – I hope Oslo municipality now accepts this so that they do not push him through several rounds of the legal system with the psychological and financial burdens it entails.
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