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PHOENIX (AP) — An appellate court ruling says Arizona's university system had no responsibility for a student's death from altitude sickness at a Mount Everest base camp during a student-organized excursion while studying in China.
The state Court of Appeals' decision Tuesday upholds a trial judge's ruling in favor of the university system and against Elizabeth Boisson.
She had filed a wrongful-death negligence suit after her son, 20-year-old Morgan Boisson, died at an 18,000-foot base camp in 2009.
The 20-year-old from Carefree was among 17 students participating in a study-abroad semester sponsored by the University of Arizona and Nanjing American University.
The appellate court said students conceived and organized the Mount Everest trip and that it wasn't a school activity. The court said that meant the university system wasn't responsible for any dangers.
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