SWEENY v. STOUT


22 A.D.2d 840 (1964)

James R. Sweeny, Appellant-Respondent, v. Harold J. Stout, Respondent, and William Hamilton, as President of Beta Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 17, 1964


GIBSON, P. J.

Plaintiff, then 21 years of age, a student at Cornell University and a member of the college fraternity from which he seeks recovery, was injured while attending a party sponsored by the fraternity and held at the fraternity house, when the costume which he was wearing became ignited and he sustained severe burns. The defendant Stout was a chaperone at the party and the complaint charges that he was "negligent in that he did negligently...

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