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Old 05-22-2003, 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by madmax
There is a similar case going to trial. A 26 year old Penn grad visited campus. He spent the day drinking at a lacrosse game. After the game he went several bars with friends. He stopped by his fraternity house later that night. At some point during the night he fell down a flight of steps at the house and died.

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vn.../3ec4b4ee45050
This looks like the family is aware that it's a housing code/safety issue, but the dumbass school decided to turn it into an alcohol issue. If he was killed because he fell down rickety and unsafe stairs - drunk OR sober - they have every right to sue the fraternity or school (depending on who is responsible for the upkeep of the house). That the school would use his death to impose prohibition, however, is nothing short of exploitative and sickening.
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