Thursday, September 02, 2010
Fraternity Cleared Of Responsibility In Fatal Crash
KENTUCKY...
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a fraternity and its members from a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a post-party fatal crash.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday ruled Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Murray State University bears no responsibility in the death of graduate student Nadia Shaheen, who was struck and killed by a car on a roadside as she walked home from the campus computer lab in 2005.
The ruling confirms a decision by U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell in 2008.
Burgess Harrison Yonts was convicted in 2007 of wanton murder, drunken driving and other charges in the crash. Shaheen's estate sued Yonts, the fraternity and its members. Yonts, the son of state Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, was paroled in August.
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