ESTATE OF TIPTON v. DELTA SIGMA PHI

No. COA18-581.

826 S.E.2d 226 (2019)

The ESTATE OF Robert Eugene TIPTON, Jr., BY AND THROUGH His Ancillary Administrator, Deborah Dunklin TIPTON and Deborah Dunklin Tipton, Individually, Plaintiff, v. DELTA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY, INC., Michael Qubein, Individually and as an Agent for Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, Marshall Jefferson, Individually and as an Agent for Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, High Point University, Nido Qubein, Individually and as President of High Point University, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: March 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Beskind, P.A., Raleigh, by Donald H. Beskind , and Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins, LLP, Durham, by Jay H. Ferguson , for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, by Clint S. Morse , and Cokinos Young, by Jennifer A. Riso , for defendant-appellee Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, Inc.


Robert Eugene Tipton, Jr., a student at High Point University ("HPU") and a pledge of the local chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, died on 26 March 2012. At the time of his death, he was an overnight guest at the apartment of another member of the fraternity, Marshall Jefferson. Tipton's estate subsequently brought a lawsuit...

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