Jupiter812
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Below is more about "duty of care" in Lauren's case from a law professor as published in the Indy Star a few days ago. Once again, I SMH at how the boys have everything covered. But did they on Day One? We didn't hear about JR's role in this until several days after she was reported missing. Surely JR and MB received legal advice during that timeframe.
The first thing I heard about LE's interviews with the boys is LE believed the boys kicked her to the curb. So either the boys waited until later to give their caring stories or they gave it right away but LE didn't believe them.
"Beth’s attempt to have Lauren Spierer sleep on his couch and Rosenbaum’s attempt to call friends to take her home could show they took legal responsibility, said Don Gjerdingen, another IU Maurer School of Law professor.
“It doesn’t mean there’s a legal obligation to do it in the first place,” he said. “But if you decide to do it, it has to be done.”
It’s not unlike recent cases, locally and across the country, that examine fraternities’ responsibilities for their members’ actions, or party hosts’ responsibilities of guests. The legal term is “owing a duty of care.”
But it’s a several-step process. Should the lawsuit be heard, attorneys will need to prove the men took on the duty but failed to uphold it, with their actions putting Spierer in danger.
http://www.indystar.com/article/201...Spierer-s-parents-keeps-daughter-s-case-alive
The first thing I heard about LE's interviews with the boys is LE believed the boys kicked her to the curb. So either the boys waited until later to give their caring stories or they gave it right away but LE didn't believe them.
"Beth’s attempt to have Lauren Spierer sleep on his couch and Rosenbaum’s attempt to call friends to take her home could show they took legal responsibility, said Don Gjerdingen, another IU Maurer School of Law professor.
“It doesn’t mean there’s a legal obligation to do it in the first place,” he said. “But if you decide to do it, it has to be done.”
It’s not unlike recent cases, locally and across the country, that examine fraternities’ responsibilities for their members’ actions, or party hosts’ responsibilities of guests. The legal term is “owing a duty of care.”
But it’s a several-step process. Should the lawsuit be heard, attorneys will need to prove the men took on the duty but failed to uphold it, with their actions putting Spierer in danger.
http://www.indystar.com/article/201...Spierer-s-parents-keeps-daughter-s-case-alive