Here's the tracker I put together for the lawsuits filed against Northwestern and others in the aftermath of the hazing investigation.
Northwestern Hazing Lawsuit Tracker
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Here's the tracker I put together for the lawsuits filed against Northwestern and others in the aftermath of the hazing investigation.
"The lawsuit details three counts of negligence, willful and wanton disregard for player safety and well-being, and violation of Illinois’ Gender Violence Act."
So Lloyd Yates, Warren Long and one of the John Does are citing the Gender Violence Act.
So Lloyd Yates, Warren Long and one of the John Does are citing the Gender Violence Act.
Their lawyers may want to read the law because I haven’t heard any claims that show this law was violated and it appears the acts in questioned occurred before the law went into effect.
I didn’t read closely enough to determine if it’s retroactive for any period of time.
I don’t condone the behavior but if you just read through the list of opportunities hank mentioned, players had multiple opportunities to report or raise a concern.
Heck. I’m shocked there wasn’t one student manager who definitely would have known and didn’t say anything.
You aren’t required to first take your claim to your school or employer before filing a claim in court. Do you think a student who was, say, robbed or raped needs to first report it to campus? If you think they are making this up, just say that.
A student who has a problem with another student for something that isn't criminal has to take it thru university office of community standards (or similar). Like if a guy is harassing a girl or if somebody knows another student was cheating on a test or whatever. Unless, of course, one party wants to sue another, but the university would definitely frown on that.
Yes it is. If it isn't criminal you cant go to the police, unless seeking a protective order, but that is very limited.
You can sue somebody. Otherwise you have to go thru NU discipline procedures.
That's exactly what I said: "You aren’t required to first take your claim to your school or employer before filing a claim in court."
And I agreed with you. You just didn't read my comment closely. Its okay.
I'd be interested to know how people here would react if the victims were female. Like cheerleaders, female trainers, whatever. I'm sensing, perhaps incorrectly, a bit of a "man up" or "tough it out" mentality.
There was an investigation pertaining to the cheerleaders, and there are rumblings about more hazing scandals with some women's teams such as softball.
You mean like the women’s soccer team a number of years back??
Yeah the cheerleader one is salient because a) it was known b) outcry c) Polisky fired. But there seemed to be a tad less publicity /s.
I won't respond to the disingenuous post with reference to women's soccer because I was asking about whether people would feel differently if the male football players "ran" or "car washed" female cheerleaders or athletic trainers. But the commenter knows that. But...dissemblers gonna dissemble.
Misread your post. Didn’t realize you actually asked something as ridiculous as you did.
