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OU Settles Lawsuit Filed In Wake Of Student's Death

Ohio University will pay 1 million dollars to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a student who died of bacterial meningitis in 2010.  Joseph Robinson claimed the school failed to warn students about the strain of the disease on campus.University attorneys had argued the case should be dismissed because the student failed to seek direct help from the student health center. Robinson's denies that.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.