Post by greeky on Jul 27, 2011 14:20:08 GMT -5
Student injured at party sues fraternity
By Joe Johnson - joe.johnson@onlineathens.com
www.onlineathens.com/stories/071611/uga_857879535.shtml
Published Saturday, July 16, 2011
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A University of Georgia student holds a fraternity responsible for injuries she suffered during a "foam party" at the frat house in 2009, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Clarke County Superior Court.
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One of Leah Carole Mock's teeth was broken and three other teeth were driven into her upper gum and jaw bone when a frat member slid on a foam-covered floor and slammed into Mock, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks compensation from Tau Epsilon Phi and the frat member who caused the injuries to cover nearly $14,000 in medical expenses Mock already incurred, as well as for future expenses.
The student's complaint also asks for a jury to decide on an undetermined sum of money to compensate her for pain and suffering.
Both the fraternity and the frat member are named in the lawsuit.
The foam party was thrown the night of Sept. 17, 2009, at Tau Epsilon Phi's house on Greek Park Circle, which is off East Campus Road.
In such gatherings, people dance to music on a floor covered with several feet of suds or bubbles blown from a foam machine. Dancers can be fully dressed, but often wear bathing suits or take off some of their clothes.
The fraternity was negligent by, among other things, not alerting Mock and other guests to potential dangers or providing a safe area for people who were not participating in "foam activities of the social function."
Mock had just left a restroom -- "an area that should have been safe and free from foam activity" -- when the fraternity member slid across the floor and struck her from behind, according to the lawsuit.
The frat member is liable for Mock's injuries because he slid down the floor "in a reckless and careless manner in an area where no foam activity should have been taking place and in an area that should have been reserved for non-foam activities," according to the lawsuit.
Mock's attorney, Robert Elkins, did not want to discuss the lawsuit while it is pending.
The fraternity had not filed a response as of Friday.
By Joe Johnson - joe.johnson@onlineathens.com
www.onlineathens.com/stories/071611/uga_857879535.shtml
Published Saturday, July 16, 2011
comments66
A University of Georgia student holds a fraternity responsible for injuries she suffered during a "foam party" at the frat house in 2009, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Clarke County Superior Court.
300_advertisement_header.gif
One of Leah Carole Mock's teeth was broken and three other teeth were driven into her upper gum and jaw bone when a frat member slid on a foam-covered floor and slammed into Mock, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks compensation from Tau Epsilon Phi and the frat member who caused the injuries to cover nearly $14,000 in medical expenses Mock already incurred, as well as for future expenses.
The student's complaint also asks for a jury to decide on an undetermined sum of money to compensate her for pain and suffering.
Both the fraternity and the frat member are named in the lawsuit.
The foam party was thrown the night of Sept. 17, 2009, at Tau Epsilon Phi's house on Greek Park Circle, which is off East Campus Road.
In such gatherings, people dance to music on a floor covered with several feet of suds or bubbles blown from a foam machine. Dancers can be fully dressed, but often wear bathing suits or take off some of their clothes.
The fraternity was negligent by, among other things, not alerting Mock and other guests to potential dangers or providing a safe area for people who were not participating in "foam activities of the social function."
Mock had just left a restroom -- "an area that should have been safe and free from foam activity" -- when the fraternity member slid across the floor and struck her from behind, according to the lawsuit.
The frat member is liable for Mock's injuries because he slid down the floor "in a reckless and careless manner in an area where no foam activity should have been taking place and in an area that should have been reserved for non-foam activities," according to the lawsuit.
Mock's attorney, Robert Elkins, did not want to discuss the lawsuit while it is pending.
The fraternity had not filed a response as of Friday.
