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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrats Worse Than Animal House Fail to Pay for Casualties
(Bloomberg) Old photographs adorn the mantelpiece in Lee John Mynhardts living room. In one, hes standing beside his parents and sister. In another, hes all smiles as he wraps his arms around some college buddies.
Today, Mynhardt, 28, is confined to a wheelchair, a quadriplegic unable to move from the chest down, burdened with medical expenses that at times have topped $10,000 a month. As a senior at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, he broke his neck when he was grabbed from behind and dragged out of a keg party held by a chapter of one of the largest national fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Mynhardt says he is a casualty of the strenuous efforts by national fraternities such as Lambda Chi to avoid paying compensation for deaths and injuries at their local chapters. After he sued, Lambda Chi Alpha and its insurer won court rulings that they werent liable for his plight.
As soon as theres an incident, national fraternities start distancing themselves, Mynhardt said at his Charlotte, North Carolina, home. Its irresponsible. .......................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/frats-worse-than-animal-house-fail-to-pay-for-casualties.html
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Frats Worse Than Animal House Fail to Pay for Casualties (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2013
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jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)1. Our nation's future
Accidents can happen, even stupid accidents. What you do after compounds them. After the man was clearly injured, they dragged him outside and tossed him on the lawn. I wish these psychos were prosecuted.
Initech
(100,063 posts)2. My dad's former frat burned their house down.
And of course same thing happened - the national office did nothing to remedy the situation but remove themselves from it. I can guarantee this isn't an isolated incident.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. No it's not
It brings back memories of spring breaks gone horribly wrong (in a foreign country).