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2023-06-29 07:41:00

We first learned that Victor Wembanyama would not play in the World Cup, and we now know who will be the twelve Blues to go to Southeast Asia at the end of the summer. With all this information in hand, wouldn’t it be time to take a look at the calendar of our French team as the competition approaches? Does the hashtag #OnPréchauffe speak to you?

Before facing Latvians, Canadians and Lebanese at the World Cup, the Blues will play seven warm-up matches, between July 31 and August 20. As with any good preparation, Vincent Collet’s player calendar will go crescendo. Tunisia (July 31), Montenegro (August 2) and Venezuela (August 7), it’s more than within their reach. So, in Pau, Montpellier then Orléans, the EuDéEffe has everything to gain confidence before tackling the next, more full-bodied.

A month before finding Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier and the Blues ✊

4 preparation matches in France, 4 meetings not to be missed ????️#TeamFranceBasket | #PassionatelyBlue | #FIBAWC

– French basketball teams (@FRABasketball) June 28, 2023

Still in Orleans, the Blues will face Lithuania on August 9 for the first duel of a two-way match-up. Domantas Sabonis, Jonas Valanciunas and company will have to be well received at home, because they will know how to receive us in Vilnius two days later. This trip to Lithuanian land will also be the last stopover for the French in Europe. Afterwards ? Direction Japan and heading for the World Cup following two last rehearsals on Japanese territory.

On August 17, Nicolas Batum’s band will cross swords with the Japanese locals, before they tackle the last piece of this preparation, perhaps the biggest, a France – Australia in Tokyo, which makes your mouth water. On August 20, everyone will have to be in tune for this match between contenders for the charm. From veterans Patty Mills and Joe Ingles to youngsters Thybulle or Josh Green, the Boomers have arguments at all levels and will be the perfect test before entering the competition.

???????? The preparation matches of the French team for the 2023 World Cup! #FIBAWC #WinForAll pic.twitter.com/mjKt1VRci4

— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) June 28, 2023

An introduction that will take place on August 25 in Jakarta once morest Canada of, perhaps, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray. That’s only in two months, but the first test will therefore begin on July 31 once morest the Tunisians. Preparation or not, this is where the adventure begins and you will have to be behind the Blues. COME ON !

Sources : Basket News, ESPN

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2023-06-29 04:00:00

A young American woman and her family are suing Château Frontenac for $10.8 million following a fall down a flight of stairs left permanent scars on her back that would prevent her from achieving her dream of becoming a doctor.

Halaina Catherine Basham and her family were to spend a magical Christmas vacation in Quebec City in December 2019. However, on December 22, the entire life of the young woman, who was then 18 years old, changed, according to the claims of the lawsuit filed on June 6 at the Quebec Courthouse.

Photo d’archives Pascal Huot

First installed in a family suite, the Bashams had the request of the hotel management to move and be divided into two separate rooms, located one above the other. To facilitate their movement when moving their luggage, an employee would have left them two access cards allowing them to circulate by a service staircase usually reserved for staff.

It is in this stairwell that the young woman would have slipped on “white powder, dangerously slippery” which was on the steps. The fall is violent and fractures Ms. Basham’s wrist, in addition to injuring her back, can we read in the lawsuit.

Permanent sequelae

Following the recommendations of a Quebec doctor contacted by the hotel, the family decides to quickly return home to Maryland so that Halaina can see a doctor there.

The diagnosis is severe. Fractured and torn wrist ligament, spinal injury that ultimately required surgery, and nerve damage to the buttocks, legs and feet.

Operated on May 10, 2021, the young woman still has to move around with a cane when the pain is too intense, claim the plaintiffs. At times, a wheelchair is required for movement, with post-operative checks showing that it is “clear that Halaina will suffer permanent damage”.

If the consequences of the fall are numerous on a daily basis, the family alleges that the incident above all put an end to the professional dreams of the young woman. Admitted to a preparatory year of medicine and aiming for “the best American universities” in order to become an orthopedic surgeon, she finds herself heavily mortgaged.

It is this aspect that represents the largest part of the compensation requested, i.e. $7.7 million in loss of earning capacity (see box).

“Halaina will probably not be able to achieve her professional dream […] not being able to maintain a static position long enough,” the family described in their petition.

culprits

The Bashams question the management of the Château Frontenac, believing that it failed in its safety obligation by not ensuring the maintenance of its stairs to prevent the white powder that potentially caused the fall from being there.

“If the presence of a slippery white powder on a staircase intended for employees is at fault in itself, it is even more reckless to give hotel guests access to this service staircase”, claim the plaintiffs.

Represented by Tremblay, Bois, Mignault, Lemay, the family is jointly suing Château Frontenac and Accor Group, which owns the Fairmont banner. Their lawyer, Me Jean-Sébastien D’Amours, told the Journal not wish to give an interview, since the matter is before the court.

Same story from the side of the management of the Château Frontenac, who refrains from commenting on the case, except to recall that “the health and safety of customers and employees remain the absolute priority”.

Details of the lawsuit once morest the Château Frontenac

Total claim of $10,809,281

Halaina Catherine Basham – 10 364 281$

Damages: $350,000 Loss of future earning capacity: $7,778,421 Home help: $410,860 Cost of care: $1,000,000 Tax provision: $500,000 Management fees: $300,000 Miscellaneous expenses: $25,000 $

Parents – 220 000$

Damages: $100,000 each Miscellaneous costs: $10,000 each

Siblings (2 brothers, 1 sister) – $225,000

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