University | 11:26 am | April 11, 2012 | By Daniel Sisgoreo

Tailgate victim sues U-Haul, Ross ’13

An accident at the 2011Harvard-Yale tailgate left one woman dead.
An accident at the 2011Harvard-Yale tailgate left one woman dead. Photo by Charlie Croom.

One of two victims in the fatal U-Haul crash of last November’s Harvard-Yale tailgate is suing Brendan Ross ’13, the truck’s driver, and the U-Haul Company of Connecticut.

Sarah Short SOM ’13 filed a memorandum with the New Haven Superior Court claiming that she has suffered “severe and painful injuries” resulting from the accident. The suit seeks at least $15,000 in damages from either Ross or the U-Haul Company of Connecticut.

Though Ross passed a field sobriety test at the scene of the accident, Short’s lawsuit points to five potential causes for her injuries, including the excessive speed at which Ross was driving, his failure to honk his horn and the unsafe condition of the rented U-Haul.

[via The Harvard Crimson]

Comments
  • lakia

    Time to delete the word “accident’ from the the dictionary. Apparently, there is no such thing.

  • ms2676

    As tragic as this whole situation is, Mr. Ross must already be a wreck for having this on his mind, this lawsuit that was filed with the court must not help. None of the injuries claimed are permanent, and Ms. Short should beable to live her life normally.

  • jpressyale

    can y’all just leave the poor kid alone?

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