ALLEGED HAZING INJURY DRAWS LAWSUIT

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Chase Coslett, once a pledge of the Beta Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity at Indiana University, filed suit in February of this year in the Monroe County Circuit Court in Indiana against the fraternity.1 ...
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WRONGFUL EXPULSION

Robert Manley, Manley Burke The spring of the year is frequently when fraternity chapters around the country finally get fed up with one or another member.  A decision is made that they need to get rid of the troublesome member. ...
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WE MAY HAVE DONE IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME, BUT YOU ARE STILL GUILTY

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com In the early morning hours of September 12, 2004, Rachel Payne, a student at the University of Delaware, was killed by a railroad train.  Earlier that night, she had been at a party at the...
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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON SUES COLGATE

Robert Manley, Manley Burke Delta Kappa Epsilon has filed a major antitrust suit against Colgate because of Colgate’s plan to force the sale of privately-owned fraternity houses to the University.  The University’s position is that the purpose of the sale...
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