Reply #287: The bill no doubt includes substantial interest and penalties, [View All]

[pnwmom]

which that $20 million estimate wouldn't account for. But I'm glad that Seligmann got a good settlement. Maybe next time Duke or another college will think twice before throwing its students to the wolves for fear of bad publicity. (Duke knew, for example, that all 46 students had voluntarily given DNA, but kept silent when Nifong pretended that they hadn't cooperated.)

Duke University and its hospital, with its "nurse-in-training" shared the blame for the damages to the students. Fortunately, the students didn't listen to Duke's very self-serving advice not to get lawyers.