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30+ Duke Lax Players Sue For Emotional Distress, VengeanceIs vengeance actually a cause of action? Eh, I'm sure they gussied it up in more appropriate legalese: More than three dozen members of the 2006 Duke University men's lacrosse team and members of their families filed suit against Duke University, its President Richard Brodhead and other officials, Duke's medical center, and the City of Durham and city officials for emotional distress and other injuries in connection with false rape charges and a corrupt police investigation against team members in 2006. The amount of damages sought is unspecified and "to be established at trial." Nifong wasn't named as a defendant... because he's about to declare bankruptcy. Boo-YAH! Against Duke, their case seems somewhat weak; some of the allegations include the assertion that Duke had a "special" duty to the Lax players as student-athletes, which seems, what's the word, fucking crazy. I rather doubt that Duke actually had evidence the boys were innocent; the proof of that was Crystal Gail Mangum herself, and I doubt Duke had a chance to interview this bipolar crackwhore (or a duty to do so). Duke behaved abominably, but I don't think they did so in any legally culpable manner. Still, fuck it: I'd find in their favor, and I know this is mostly bunk. It's not always about legal technicalities and guilt and innocence. Sometimes it's just about acting like a fucking cocksucker and needing to pay. Thanks to Alice H. Hmm... Some commenters point out that Duke's employees (independent contractors? not sure), the Professors United For Mob Justice, condemned the players. That's a fair point but I don't know Duke has an obligation or a right to stifle the speech of its iditotentsia. steve_in_hb writes: I seem to remember that one of the deans told the all the lacrosse players to talk to the cops and that it wasn't necessary for them to talk to a lawyer or tell their parents first. I believe the dean had her law degree. Okay, now fortified with that background, I'm reading the "Case Summary" and I see the specified allegations as follows and do see some of that here: Against the Duke Defendants specifically the complaint, among other claims, alleges: I gave it a quick and dirty -- as in, "movement" dirty -- reading and that stuff flew by me. There's a lot of weak tea crap in there, but it seems there are some legally cognizable claims made. ("Cognizable" is legal term meaning "awesome.")
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