She goes to a fraternity party. She gets drunk. And then she’s surprised when a couple of the louts take advantage of her? The fraternity and the individual frat members should be held liable. But the school and its officials? Just a ploy to get taxpayer money because the other defendants may be judgment-proof. Besides, this is a scenario where assumption of risk should be pleaded as an affirmative defense.
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She goes to a fraternity party. She gets drunk. And then she’s surprised when a couple of the louts take advantage of her? The fraternity and the individual frat members should be held liable. But the school and its officials? Just a ploy to get taxpayer money because the other defendants may be judgment-proof. Besides, this is a scenario where assumption of risk should be pleaded as an affirmative defense.