The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty Adviser, Beware: You May Be Liable

By NANCY E. TRIBBENSEE

Students who were stabbed while performing in college plays that used real knives instead of props have sued their institutions. Students and their families have sued for injuries and deaths when a bonfire being built as part of a university tradition collapsed. Students participating in collegiate sports have sued for injuries resulting from fights with other...

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