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To: Rambi who wrote (42133)	11/18/1999 6:21:00 PM
From: Justin C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I've been tuning in to the coverage off and on today, but haven't heard anything about legal responsibility. I imagine the university's liability insurance will be tapped pretty substantially. Just a couple of months ago an A&M student fell asleep at the wheel and killed several students who had just parked and were walking to a party. No charges were filed against the driver, but I can't imagine the horror that he has to live with, not to mention his family's legal liabilities.

To: Rambi who wrote (42133)	11/18/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<Can you imagine how they must be trying to deal with all the horror and still have to worry about legal missteps?>> Ain't that a bitch. The spin becomes the game because of the suits. I bet some have been filed and no student buried yet.

To: Rambi who wrote (42133)	11/18/1999 7:58:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

Don't know Texas law, but doubt the school would be liable without some act of negligence by IT, or defective equipment which IT furnished, not a third party, such as the football boosters, which appears to be responsible for the annual bonfire. Just read an article in the Washington Post, the students go through a safety training session before they are allowed to work on the structure. I assume they don't allow students younger than age 18 to work on the structure. It may well be that an act of negligence was committed by one of the students. I will say that I hope my own kids never get the idea of working on a thing like that, but I am very protective, I don't want them to ride motorcycles or climb mountains, either.