Tyler Hill Wrongful Death Lawsuit is Ended
Dear Yahoo Finance

As required by the Arbitrator in Tyler Hill's Wrongful Death Lawsuit, I am relieved to tell you that our wrongful death lawsuit has ended.

However, as part of the settelement agreement, both parties have agreed that they will not characterize, impune, or make disparaging remarks. Therefore, please remove any remarks on your website that would compromise the settlement agreement.

Tyler Hill's parents "civil" wrongful death settlement agreement was made weeks after the Hennepin County Court, Judge Charles Porter, residing issued the following order:

... The above entitled matter came before Judge Charles A. Porter, Jr. on April 23, 2009 for a hearing on Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgement and Plaintiff's Motion to Add a Claim for Punitive Damages. Charles T. Hvass, Jr. Esq. appeard for the Plaintiffs. Peter VanBergen Esq. and Christopher Liijima Esq. appeared for Defendants Ambassadors Group, Susan Stahr, Pat Veum-Smith, Josh Aberle, and Angela Hanson. Thomas Nelson, Esq. appeared for Defendants docleaf Limited, David Perl, and Larry McGonnell.

Based upon the evidence adduced, the argument of counsel, and all of the files, records, and proceedings herein,

IT IS ORDERED:

1. Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgement is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:

a. Plaintiff's wrongful death, breach of contract, invasion of privacy, MInnesota Health Records Act, and fraud claims remain active for trial.
b. Plaintiff's Consumer Fraud and False Advertising claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
2. Plaintiffs' Motion to Add a Claim for Punitive Damages is GRANTED. Plaintiffs may claim punitive damages as discussed in the memorandum.

3. The attached CONFIDENTIAL memorandum is Incorporated herein.

LET JUDGEMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.

ON June 22, 2009 Jeff Thomas CEO of Ambassadors Group the for profit parent of People to People Student Ambassadors released the following statement:

“Through hindsight we can see that there are steps that all of the leaders should have taken that could have prevented Tyler's death on June 29, 2007, during a trip to Tokyo, Japan, and regret that they were not taken,” said Thomas, who is also chief executive officer of Ambassador Programs, Inc. “We are very sorry for Tyler's death and the Hill Family's loss and the impact it has had on many. We continue to review all policies surrounding students with pre-existing conditions, including diabetes protocols, to refine our procedures.”

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