Legal Opinion
Smith v. Delta Tau Delta, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 2014No. 54S01-1405-CT-356PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKSON, Chief Justice.
After the acute alcohol ingestion death of their 18-year-old son, Johnny Dupree Smith, a freshman pledge of the Beta Psi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Wabash College, the plaintiffs, Stacy Smith and Robert Smith, brought this wrongful death action against Delta Tau Delta (the national fraternity)1; its Wabash College local affiliate chapter — Beta Psi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta (the local fraternity); Wabash College; and Thomas Hanewald and Marcus Manges. The trial court granted the national fraternity’s motion for summary judgment and, finding no just reason…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Andrew Meyer v. Beta Tau House Corporation, Beta Tau of Sigma Pi, Sigma Pi Fraternity International, Inc., and Quentin CalderIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
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