Teisher v. Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc., et al
Mary Childs and Patrick Ball obtained a Summary Judgment on behalf of our client, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.
In a premise liability and negligence case, Plaintiff was at the rented home of several members of the Kappa Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity, the local Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While at the home, Plaintiff sustained severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, following her climbing out a window of the house and falling two stories onto the ground outside the house.
Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment asserted Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. did not owe Plaintiff a duty of care and that there was no evidence to support Plaintiff’s theory that it was an alter ego of the Kappa Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu. The Court granted Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.’s motion finding that the national fraternity did not owe Plaintiff any duty of care because it did not possess a special relationship with its local chapter.
