Legal Opinion
Robert Spierer v. Corey Rossman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2015No. 14-3171PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
After a night of heavy drinking, Lauren Spierer, a twenty-year-old Indiana University student, left the apartment of a classmate and disappeared. Four years later, she remains missing. Lauren’s parents brought suit against three students who were with Lauren in the hours before her disappearance, alleging negligence and violations of Indiana’s Dram Shop Act. After some claims were dismissed but before discovery was conducted, the defendants moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiffs could only speculate about whether the defendants were the proximate…
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