Legal Opinion
Sterner v. Wesley College, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 14, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-508-JRR, 87-603-JRRPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, District Judge.
These consolidated diversity actions arise from a fire that broke out in a dormitory at Wesley College on April 12, 1987. As a result of that fire Christopher Sterner died and Joseph Morgan was injured. The parents of Christopher Sterner, with his father also acting as administrator of Christopher’s estate, filed suit against Wesley College and against Edward McGee and Robert Rumsey, two students who plaintiffs claim were responsible for setting the fire. The Sterners allege both negligent and reckless conduct by the defendants and demand compensatory and punitive…
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