Vega v. Sacred Heart University, Inc.

RULING RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Doc. No. 37]

JANET C. HALL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Jasmineann Vega (“Vega”), brings this action against defendant, Sacred Heart University, Inc. (“SHU”), for damages resulting from SHU’s failure to respond to an act of hazing, both on and off campus, and the school’s failure to prevent subsequent harassment of Vega. Vega alleges that SHU negligently inflicted emotional distress by failing to abide by an alleged promise contained within SHU’s student handbook.

SHU has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, arguing that Vega’s claim is one…