Portland mountain biker Lisa Belair has filed suit against organizers of the Dog River Super D bike race after she took a spill on the course and fractured her spine in four places in May 2014, .
Belair says trees along the race route that had toppled during a storm days before the event hadn鈥檛 been cleared, despite assurances from the race organizers that they had been. A large tree that had fallen across the course couldn鈥檛 be moved in time, so race workers covered it with dirt, turning it into a jump that riders weren鈥檛 prepared for, Belair says. She hit the jump and crash-landed. Her attorney that Belair is able to walk and ride, albeit painfully.
Belair is suing and for $273,000. Of that amount, $23,300 is for medical bills and lost wages, and the remainder is for pain and suffering.