After all of the criminal cases are tried (or plead out), I wonder about civil suits against the fraternity brothers. I’m sure the national fraternity and PSU will be named if they haven’t already been sued (I can’t recall if I’ve seen news about a civil suit, but I’d assume there will be one).
I wonder if a judgment against any of the brothers who were most responsible for Piazza’s injuries (like the one who punched him, and the one who filmed him as he lay dying that morning) could result. Even if the defendants didn’t ever make “big” money, I’d think a lifetime of sending X hundred dollars every month to the family of Piazza might be a just result.
ETA: I just googled the victim’s name and “obituary” and it states that he died after “a tragic accident.” His parents or whoever wrote the obituary for them are a lot more charitable than I would be, if I were writing it.
ETA again - I guess at the point at which the obituary was written they thought it was a falling-down-the-stairs accident and not the horrible scenario that unfolded on the tapes.