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SEVERSON v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY

No. 79A05-0112-CV-559.

777 N.E.2d 1181 (2002)

Donald M. SEVERSON and Sandra Severson, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Jay T. Severson, Deceased, Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Purdue University, John Sautter, Marvis Boscher, Chad Johnson, David G. Lewis, in their individual capacities, Purdue University Police Department, Purdue University Police Department Officer Ken Cox, Purdue University Police Department Officer Fred Davis, in their individual capacities, Office of the Sheriff, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department Deputy Andrew Warren, in his individual capacity, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

November 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Wirick, Hume Smith Geddes Green & Simmons, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellants.

John M. Stuckey, Laura L. Bowker, Stuart & Branigin, LLP, Lafayette, IN, Attorneys for Appellees, Board of Trustees of Purdue University, Purdue University, John Sautter, Marvis Boscher, Chad Johnson, David G. Lewis, Purdue University Police Department, PUPD Officer Ken Cox, and PUPD Officer Fred Davis.

Douglas J. Masson, Hoffman, Luhman & Masson, P.C., Lafayette, IN, Attorneys for Appellees, Office of the Sheriff, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Warren.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

A Purdue University freshman brutally murdered his resident-advisor Jay Severson after Jay had reported the freshman's cocaine possession to the police. Jay's parents sued Purdue, Purdue's Board of Trustees, four Purdue employees, and law enforcement agencies and officers who, at the time of the murder, were investigating the freshman's alleged drug dealing. The trial court granted...

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