Family sues over drowning during alleged LA sorority hazing

[DeltAlum]

May I once again humbly point out that a number of us have said for years on this forum that there is serious danger for all of our organizations individually, and the Greek System entirely because of situations like this -- whether they are real or not.

Between attorneys going for "the Corporate Death Penalty," to rising liability insurance costs (or total inability to get insurance), to lawyers adding everyone they can think of to suite (kind of a shotgun approach), to the FACT that there still IS hazing in some places -- the ramnifications scare the hell out of me.

As for a counter suit, that's a great idea initially, but I doubt that any of our organizations would want to spend the time and money it would take to do that. While a win would be most satisfying, a loss would set a very bad precedent, and open the door wider for ridiculous suits.

The bottom line to me always comes up the same: Obey the law and the rules of your organization, and most suits will be avoided.

Edited to add:

I see real danger in what we refer to as "underground" chapters. I have read some things here regarding how good it would be to not have Nationals or the University constantly looking over their shoulders and enforcing rules. Frankly, if this alleged situation turns out to be true, it will be a case of chapter members breaking the rules and the law. We see, again and again, chapters (even members of a national organization) breaking the law. I also wonder how many of these "underground" organizations bother with things like insurance, etc.

I'm sure that there are some that are well run and do everything they can to do things correctly -- but logic tell me that they would be the exception, not the rule.