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[quote=Anonymous]I completely understand why these families are going looking for answers and accountability here. I can't even imagine how they must feel. What an awful, senseless crime, to take away the lives of these young people who had only just begun. Just awful.

Sadly, though, I think this is unlikely to be successful unless WSU decides to settle for PR reasons, which I think is unlikely. There's just no duty of care by WSU towards students at another university. Additionally, I think you would be hard pressed to argue that WSU's actions were negligent -- they *did* investigate Brian's behavior and took actions to protect their own staff and students. But they can't protect the entire world.

There is also a question about how far liability could reach if the plaintiffs were successful here. If WSU, which had no relationship with the murdered students, is liable for their deaths, then what about the Pennsylvania professor who wrote Brian a glowing recommendation to get him into the PhD program in the first place? What about the rehab facility that released him into the general population knowing his issues? What about other women who had encountered him and knew he was creepy and suspected he might be dangerous, but who did not report him to any authority or warn other women. I'm not suggesting any of these people should be liable for the students' deaths -- they shouldn't. Because there is only one person who should be held accountable for Brian Kohberger's heinous acts, and that's Brian himself.[/quote]

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