A sad incident finally comes to a close.
Posted on 03/09/2009 10:53:27 AM PDT by Zakeet
The Supreme Court today refused to consider whether the mother of a Texas A&M student injured in a deadly bonfire collapse nearly a decade ago can sue because of the damage to her relationship to her son.
The high court refused to hear an appeal from Nancy Braus, who sued Texas A&M University officials and others after her son Dominic was injured in the Nov. 18, 1999 log pile collapse that killed 12 people and injured 27.
Lower courts have thrown out Braus’ lawsuit, saying Texas law does not allow a parent to sue for the loss of a normal relationship with their child because of a severe injury.
The 90-year-old bonfire tradition was suspended after the 1999 collapse of the 59-foot-high, wedding cake-like stack of more than 5,000 logs. An A&M commission blamed the collapse on flawed construction techniques and the lack of adequate supervision of students assembling the stack.
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A sad incident finally comes to a close.
I wonder if the kids in the structural engineering school got failing grades that semester.
I knew one of the girls killed in the collapse. That was a devastating event. The parents handled it with more grace than I think I could have. God bless them.
Nice to see the frivolous lawsuit tossed.
after 10 years....
Kids in the Engineering courses are squares and were not invited to participate.
It was designed by a cheerleader.
Cheerleaders pile bodies high and so have more experience.
One of the women that works for me is the sister of one of the Red Pots.
I wouldn’t mind being in a pile of cheerleaders;^)
This is true! Course, when my friend who had invited me to A&M for the weekend said it’s time to go to Kyle Field, I heard “it’s time to go to COW field.” I really thought we were going to watch the game in the country! I was corrected and made to walk in the street with the rest of the fish...
COW Field...
Get it?... longhorns... cow...
Put her in coach, maybe you'll beat Baylor...
I’m curious how you define “frivolous” in this case.
You can’t kill tradition at TAMU. My son is a freshman there and they STILL do bonfire. The school can have nothing to do with it due to the lawsuits, insurance, etc., but the students organize it themselves. They harvest the wood and build the bonfire on the properties of alumni and other supporters off-campus. They have turned it into a competion with multiple bonfires, teams, judging, etc. My son’s team was a group from his dorm. Due to concerns related to the 1999 collaps they can only do a single tier as opposed to the stacked tiers that you see in the photo but it still makes a geat fire.
GOT IT!!! Thanks for the pics!
But, we were IN College Station...
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