He may not have even known at the time he said something to the police that she was passed out. Chapter presidents are not the first to know those things.
Also. At any party over 50 people it gets really hard to keep up with who might be where and doing what.
And alcohol poisoning that is truly life threatening is extremely rare. In fact by virtue of us being on this site we are probably more sensitive to it than anybody else in the country.
The lesson here is something more simple than these people screwing up. The lesson is that in todays legal climate where we send people to jail for years for getting high on a weekend and sue everyone in sight for any shallow pretext, if someone gets hurt at an event you are connected with you will suffer.
This could have happened at any party of any chapter including ones that follow all the rules. You are not going to escape.
There was a case posted on here years ago about a Kappa Sigma chapter that played by the rules, had third party vendors, had paid security, and when strangers broke into the party and hurt their guests they were still sued and held accountable.
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Originally posted by DeltAlum
And therein lies a big part of the problem.
When you're the person in charge, you should consider all of the alternatives, including the worst case. It's not like alcohol poisoning and deaths are unusual.
The guy screwed up.
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