the answer that i can give you involves a criminal, rather than civil, case.
and i could be wrong but i think in general the system works somewhat the same.
yes, everyone was called in to have a conversation with at least one branch, if not more, of law enforcement. members of the house including officers of course, administrators from the school, chapter advisers, alumni, and national.
yes, it did suck. but it is part of our legal system.
violations of rm does not have to be part of our system. however judging from comments made elsewhere in rm, seems as if some just to not wish to understand and get that point. and thus we all will pay in one form or another at some time or another.
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Originally Posted by srmom
That's why I said
Who will be called in to give depositions? The president of the chapter? Other officers? The voluntary chapter alumni advisers? Who will pay for the legal fees for all those people? If it is them, individually, then that is patently unfair, and just plain sux.
And, ultimately, if the chapter's "powers that be" decide to settle because it is just too damned expensive to fight a lawsuit, who will pay the judgment? Since this chapter is part of a national fraternity, I'm assuming that the liability insurance or umbrella policy is bought through their national headquarters, so regardless of whether the "national fraternity" is named, the payout will come from monies paid by the chapter to nationals for whatever insurance fund they have. This will cause the insurance rates for every chapter of this organization to be raised (possibly, depending on their carrier), thus, all are affected.
I may be totally wrong, and each individual chapter buys their own policies, but somehow I doubt that. Let me know if I'm wrong.
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