June 2, 2008

Texas Court's Ruling in Bonfire Case Opens New Liability Worries for Campuses

By Katherine Mangan

Austin, Tex.

A Texas court's ruling last week that allowed a negligence lawsuit to proceed against 12 former Texas A&M University administrators has some higher-education legal experts concerned about campus officials' liability in a host of situations, from fraternity initiations to housing accidents to student suicides.

The ruling was in favor of the parents of students who were killed or injured in 1999, when a 59-foot-high stack of logs, under construction for use in a bonfire on the

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