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Originally posted by 33girl
Call me a cynic, but I think Sig Ep has enough $$$ to pay these families off if worst comes to worst.
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That may be one of the only hopes -- the families accepting an out of court settlement. If they don't, the alumni -- wealthy, famous, powerful or not -- will not be a factor.
The suit is for the "total assets" of the fraternity. That means everything -- probably even buildings they might own. Everything.
And, if these people even come close to winning, everyone in the future will try the same thing until some jury will probably make that kind of award.
Consider the tobacco company suit this week -- I think it was in Florida -- where a judge had to overturn a jury verdict that would have sent the company into bancrupcy.
I think we've got to take this one very seriously. There have been a lot of excellent points made above. I'm afraid this will have a profound effect on all of our organizations.