A jury on Tuesday found that Fairleigh Dickinson University was partially responsible for the death of a student who fell from a fourth-floor dormitory window after drinking heavily. The jury, in a state court in Morris County, N.J., ordered the university to pay $260,000 to the student’s parents, according to The Star-Ledger, a newspaper in Newark, N.J.

Keith Orzech, a 21-year-old junior, fell to his death at the university’s Madison-Florham Park campus in 2005, the newspaper reported. His blood-alcohol level at the time was 0.16, twice the legal limit for driving.

The jury found Mr. Orzech and Fairleigh Dickinson equally at fault for the student’s death. The parents’ lawyer had argued that Fairleigh Dickinson failed to properly enforce its alcohol policies. The university’s policy says students of legal drinking age can drink within limits on the Madison-Florham Park campus, but alcohol is not allowed on its Teaneck campus.

A lawyer for Fairleigh Dickinson said he did not understand how the institution and Mr. Orzech could be equally at fault. The university plans to appeal the decision. —Elyse Ashburn