Legal Opinion
Severson v. Board of Trustees of Purdue University
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 7, 2002No. 79A05-0112-CV-559PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
A Purdue University freshman brutally murdered his resident-advisor Jay Sever-son after Jay had reported the freshman’s cocaine possession to the police. Jay’s parents sued Purdue, Purdue’s Board of Trustees, four Purdue employees, and law enforcement agencies and officers who, at the time of the murder, were investigating the freshman’s alleged drug dealing. The trial court granted summary judgment to all the defendants on each of the Sever-sons’ federal and state claims. We agree that none of the defendants were liable under federal or state law for Jay’s death.
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