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Whenstudentsarekilledorinjuredatlocalchapters,nationalfraternitiesdeflecttheblame,suemembers,avoidpayingand,meanwhile,getricher.
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ldphotographsadornthemantelpieceinLeeJohnMynhardt’slivingroom.Inone,he’sstandingbesidehisparentsandsister.Inanother,he’sallsmilesashewrapshisarmsaroundsomecollegebud-dies.Today,Mynhardt,28,isconfinedtoawheelchair,aquadriplegicun-abletomovefromthechestdown, burdenedwithmedicalexpensesthatattimeshavetopped$10,000a month.AsasenioratElonUniver-sityinElon,N.C.,hebrokehisneckwhenhewasgrabbedfrombehindanddraggedoutofakegpartyheld byachapterofoneofthelargestnationalfraternities,LambdaChi AlphaFraternityInc.Mynhardtsaysheisacasualtyof thestrenuouseffortsbynationalfraternitiessuchasLambdaChitoavoidpayingcompensationfordeathsandinjuriesattheirlocalchapters.Afterhesued,LambdaChi Alphaanditsinsurerwoncourtrulingsthattheyweren’tliableforhisplight.“Assoonasthere’sanincident,nationalfraternitiesstartdistancing
A family photo of Lee John Mynhardt with his mother Charmaine. Mynhardt broke his neck when he was grabbed frombehind and dragged out of a keg party held by the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Elon University in Elon, N.C. in 2007.
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