Excerpt from New York Post
The former president of a suspended Cornell fraternity where a member died during a hazing ritual should not have to pay for the sins of his brothers, he claims in a new lawsuit.
Eric Barnum, onetime head of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, and his parents are suing the Greek organization’s insurance company to cover costs for a lawsuit by the dead member’s family.
In the new Manhattan lawsuit, Barnum says the hazing exclusion by insurer Lloyd’s doesn’t apply to him because he didn’t participate in the binge-drinking ritual that resulted in Brooklyn resident George Desdunes’ 2011 death.
