UI, IBOE To Fight Frat-Fall Lawsuit

If you can be lying in a bed in a fraternity house on the campus of the University of Idaho and - merely by rolling over - fall 25 feet out a window onto concrete, well, something’s wrong. The 19-year-old woman who fell and was seriously injured Sept. 10, 2009, had been reported drinking at frat parties that night despite being underage. Also, she was in the bed with a member of the fraternity. Those facts add complications. They don’t change the basic problem. What, exactly, is wrong here, and who, exactly, is responsible, is still to be debated in court. Meanwhile, the girl’s parents told the University of Idaho, the Idaho State Board of Education, the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Idaho Alpha Chapter of SAE they would drop their suit against the four bodies for $1 million/ Lee Rosen , Moscow-Pullman Daily News Editorial. More here.

Question: Would you advise the University of Idaho & Idaho Board of Education to fight this lawsuit? Why? Why not?