SPAGNA v. PHI KAPPA PSI, INC.

No. 20-3697.

30 F.4th 710 (2022)

Teresa SPAGNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHI KAPPA PSI, INC., a non-profit corporation; Creighton University Beta Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, an unincorporated association; Park Avenue Phi Psi House, Inc., a non-profit corporation, Defendants. Collin Gill, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Daniel W. Tift, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Jonah M. Buss, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Cody M. Casper, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Troy M. Taylor, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Alan J. Anderson, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; David Meler, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Brendan Tobin Rezich, individually and as an agent of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc., a non-profit Corporation; Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Lathrop , Law Office of Matthew A. Lathrop, Matthew Stein , Oval Car Accident Law By Stein, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael T. Gibbons , Raymond E. Walden , Woodke & Gibbons, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee Collin Gill.

Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher , Locher & Pavelka, Omaha, NE, for Defendants-Appellees Daniel W. Tift, Jonah M. Buss, Nebraska Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Karen K. Bailey , Engles & Ketcham, Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher , Locher & Pavelka, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee Cody M. Casper.

Thomas A. Grennan , John A. McWilliams , Gross & Welch, Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher, Locher & Pavelka, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee

Timothy A. Clausen , Douglas L. Phillips , Klass Law Firm, Sioux City, IA, Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher , Locher & Pavelka, David J. Myers , Berkshire & Burmeister, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee Alan J. Anderson.

Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher , Locher & Pavelka, Joseph P. Naatz , Kreikemeier Law Offices, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee David Meier.

Renee A. Eveland , Megan S. Wright , Cline & Williams, Lincoln, NE, Douglas W. Krenzer , Amy Marie Locher , Locher & Pavelka, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee Brendan Tobin Rezich.

Dana Livingston , Attorney, Cokinos & Young, Jennifer A. Riso , Spencer & Fane, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Before BENTON, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Teresa Spagna and Christopher Wheeler were students at Creighton University ("Creighton") in Omaha, Nebraska, during January and February of 2017. In the early morning hours of February 11, 2017, Wheeler, who was black-out drunk after the preceding weeks of participating in Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity's rush and initiation...

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