September 29, 2000
MIT Pays $6-Million to Settle Lawsuit Over a Student's Death
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to pay $6-million and to acknowledge some responsibility for the 1997 alcohol-related death of Scott Krueger, an 18-year-old fraternity pledge, to avoid a lawsuit by his family.
The settlement, announced this month, includes $1.25-million to endow a scholarship fund that Robert J. and Darlene Krueger, Scott's parents, will establish in their son's name, and $4.75-million in compensatory damages to the
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