Herr v. Booten

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This appeal is based upon the sad and tragic death of a very young man, Eric B. Herr. At the time of his death, Eric was a college student at the West Chester University. Eric was born on January 17, 1963. On January 17, 1984, Eric’s college roommates entered his bedroom and discovered that Eric had died during the night. The cause of his death was acute ethanol poisoning. A subsequent autopsy revealed Eric’s blood alcohol content to be .64% at the time of the autopsy.1

This litigation was commenced in March of 1986 by Eric’s parents in their own right, and by Eric’s father,…