Fraternity News» University of Georgia http://fraternitynews.org Fraternity & Sorority news. The Good & the Bad. The good to serve as an example and the bad to be a warning. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:41 +0000 en hourly 1 Pi Kappa Alpha pledge at U of Georgia now says he was not hazed http://fraternitynews.org/2009/09/pi-kappa-alpha-pledge-at-u-of-georgia-now-says-he-was-not-hazed/ http://fraternitynews.org/2009/09/pi-kappa-alpha-pledge-at-u-of-georgia-now-says-he-was-not-hazed/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:20 +0000 Hermes http://fraternitynews.org/?p=105 Drop a black ball on him and move on. In this day and age of everyone suing Greeks, I wonder if the Greeks can sue him for false statements and defamation?

A Pi Kappa Alpha pledge, who accused the fraternity of hazing last week, said Monday he lied to police when he was arrested.

“In the course of my arrest, I lied about being hazed and forced to drink alcohol,” said Ry Thomas Mercado, in a letter to The Red & Black, which appears in its entirety on page four….

full story – http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2009/09/22/News/Pledge.Now.Says.Fraternity.Did.Not.Haze.Him-3778426.shtml

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]]> http://fraternitynews.org/2009/09/pi-kappa-alpha-pledge-at-u-of-georgia-now-says-he-was-not-hazed/feed/ 0 Sigma Chi at University of Georgia – insurer claims it isn’t liable in suit… http://fraternitynews.org/2009/07/sigma-chi-at-university-of-georgia-insurer-claims-it-isnt-liable-in-suit/ http://fraternitynews.org/2009/07/sigma-chi-at-university-of-georgia-insurer-claims-it-isnt-liable-in-suit/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:27:38 +0000 Hermes http://fraternitynews.org/?p=88 and then turns around and sues em. Yeah, these guys are screwed.

Excerpted from onlineathens.com

An insurance underwriter has sued the Sigma Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Georgia in federal court, saying the underwriter should not have to defend the fraternity against a Gainesville woman’s injury lawsuit.

The Liberty Capital Corp., an underwriter of the Sigma Chi insurance policy at Lloyd’s of London, also says the company should not have to pay damages if she wins a separate lawsuit against the UGA fraternity.

The woman is seeking damages from the fraternity in a suit filed three months ago in Clarke Superior Court over injuries she suffered at a party at the frat house last September. The Banner-Herald is withholding her name because UGA police investigated the case as a possible rape, though no charges were filed.

for more – http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/072409/uga_468867885.shtml

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