The Chronicle of Higher Education

New York Jury Orders College to Pay Nearly $16-Million to Student Injured in Manhole Incident

By PAULA WASLEY

A New York State jury has ordered Union College to pay $15.8-million to a student who asserted in a lawsuit that she was permanently injured when she fell into a manhole on the college's campus.

The accident occurred in January 2003 as the student, Mary Ann Nolan, crossed a...

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