Legal Opinion

Brian Yost v. Wabash College, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity- Indiana Gamma Chapter at Wabash College, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Nathan Cravens

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 2014No. 54S01-1303-CT-161PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICKSON, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, a college freshman and fraternity pledge, filed this personal injury action seeking damages from his college, his campus fraternity, its national organization, and a student fraternity member for personal injuries sustained in an incident at the fraternity house. We reverse the trial court's grant of summary judgment for the campus fraternity but affirm the grant of summary judgment for the college and the national fraternity organization.

The plaintiff, Brian Yost, as an 18-year, old freshman at Wabash College and a pledge at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity,…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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