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Off-Campus Murder

A school is not liable for the death of a 16-year-old student, who was murdered after he left school early through an unmonitored school exit, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled, finding the teen contributorily negligent for leaving school to either purchase guns or drugs. 

INDIANAPOLIS – A school is not liable for the death of a 16-year-old student, who was murdered after he left school early through an unmonitored school exit, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled, finding the teen contributorily negligent for leaving school to either purchase guns or drugs. 

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