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SMITH v. DELTA TAU DELTA, INC.

No. 54S01-1405-CT-356.

9 N.E.3d 154 (2014)

Stacy SMITH and Robert Smith, Individually and as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Johnny Dupree Smith, Deceased, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. DELTA TAU DELTA, INC., Appellee (Defendant), and Beta PSI Chapter of Delta Tau Delta, Wabash College, Thomas Hanewald, and Marcus Manges, (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Wagner , Wagner Reese, LLP, Carmel, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Kevin C. Schiferl , Lucy R. Dollens , Vanessa A. Davis , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

Gary A. Watt , Michael C. Osborne , Tiffany J. Gates , Archer Norris, PLC, Walnut Creek, CA, Cynthia E. Lasher , Norris Choplin Schroeder LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc.

Bryan H. Babb , Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, James B. Ewbank, II , Ewbank & Harris, P.C., Austin, TX, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, The North-American Interfraternity Conference.

Jeffrey A. Musser , Rocap Musser LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Sean P. Callan , Timothy M. Burke , Manley Burke, LPA, Cincinnati, OH, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, 23 National and National Women's Groups.

Timothy J. Vrana , Timothy J. Vrana LLC, Columbus, IN, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, Indiana Trial Lawyers Assoc.

DICKSON, Chief Justice.

After the acute alcohol ingestion death of their 18-year-old son, Johnny Dupree Smith, a freshman pledge of the Beta Psi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Wabash College, the plaintiffs, Stacy Smith and Robert Smith, brought this wrongful death action against Delta Tau Delta (the national fraternity)1; its Wabash College local affiliate chapter — Beta Psi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta (the local fraternity...

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