My Lexis points are out of control because I keep doing these completely random searches. For example: today, I wondered “Hm. I wonder how many times my undergraduate university has been sued.”
One quick trip to Lexis brought up a few interesting cases. My favorite: Montalvo v. University of Miami*
The case brings up the same issues that dissuaded me from writing a senior thesis at the University of Miami. I was told by members in two different departments that the success of my senior thesis would depend on how well by faculty advisors got along. If I accidentally picked two warring professors I’d be screwed, because each would try to fashion my work in their own style.
I don’t know if a “internal war” was truly going on in the case above, but it wouldn’t be a surprise. I suppose that research into the nature of your professors and the subsequent ability to reconcile their differences is a significant (if unspoken) requirement in the process.
* 705 So. 2d 1042
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Another interesting case is Johnston v. Meredith (840 So. 2d 315). The case involves a wrongful death that happened the year before my first year at Miami. A fraternity pledge drowned in the school lake. His estate sued several of his would-be fraternity brothers. The case made it to the appellate level but Lexis doesn’t carry the (more informative) trial court records.
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