Miscellaneous

"38 lacrosse players sue Duke University"

By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent

Inevitably so? Maybe not. As longterm readers will recall, we were early and vocal among those calling attention to the legal travesty that was the Nifong prosecution, but it's quite a jump from there to the proposition that the taxpayers of Durham, the university and its president Richard Brodhead personally should fork over money for emotional distress damages to, say, students never prosecuted at all and family members, who comprise the overwhelming majority of the plaintiffs in this new case. (Kristen M. Daum, Newsday, Feb. 21; Bob Van Voris, "Duke Lacrosse Players to Sue School Over Rape Probe", Bloomberg, Feb. 21; Malkin). The plaintiffs have a website here. (Corrected a couple of minutes after posting to fix misstatement on identity of plaintiffs).

Full post as published by Overlawyered on February 21, 2008 (boomark / email).