U. of Utah Settles Suit in Deaths of Chinese Scholars in Van Crash

The University of Utah agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to settle a lawsuit over the deaths of seven Chinese scholars who were killed in when their 15-passenger van crashed in Pennsylvania in 2003, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The university, as host of the scholars, had made their travel arrangements. After the widows’ testimony left jurors in tears, the university made its settlement offer.