- Northeastern College scholar Sarah Cox fell from the window of a second-floor house the place her sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi was internet hosting a celebration in 2023, in line with the grievance
- The grievance accused the sorority and the constructing property supervisor of negligence
- A GoFundMe fundraiser to pay for Cox’s medical bills has to this point raised over $116,000
Mother and father are suing a Northeastern College sorority and a constructing property supervisor after their daughter was left with extreme accidents following a fall from an house constructing window final 12 months.
In a complaint filed in Suffolk County Superior Court docket in Boston on March 12 and reviewed by PEOPLE, the coed, Sarah Cox, and her mother and father allege negligence and failure to warn in opposition to defendants Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and Ramos Properties II.
In line with the grievance, the incident occurred on March 31, 2023, at an house constructing in Boston managed by Ramos Properties II that the sorority used for its gatherings. On the time, Sarah Cox, a Northeastern junior, was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Cox was in a kitchen along with her sorority sisters and buddies at a sorority occasion on the house situated on the second flooring, per the grievance.
Because the kitchen was crowded with occasion visitors, Cox fell out of a window onto the driveway. “The gap from the window to the driveway was roughly 20 toes or extra,” added the grievance.
“Sarah has suffered catastrophic accidents because of the autumn,” the grievance said, which additionally added that there have been 30 folks within the house in the course of the occasion.
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The Huntington News, an unbiased scholar newspaper on the college, reported that Cox has remained in a catatonic state because the fall and is at the moment in a pediatric nursing dwelling, per courtroom paperwork.
The grievance accused the Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority of negligence and failure to warn, stating that the sorority “had an obligation to make sure that their members forestall harmful situations throughout Sorority associated actions and occasions protected for these attending such occasions.”
It additionally asserts that the sorority ought to have identified that its members “would use the Residence to have interaction in ingesting alcohol throughout Sorority associated actions, together with for Sorority associated events.”
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Ramos Properties II was additionally accused of negligence and failure to warn within the grievance, which argues that the administration firm had “an obligation to handle the Property to maintain it protected for these lawfully throughout the flats in it by preserving window screens securely put in in home windows which can be low sufficient for folks to simply fall out of such home windows.”
The grievance additionally said that Ramos Properties II “knew or ought to have identified that an individual might fall by means of such home windows which can be low sufficient for an individual to simply fall out of such a window.”
Additionally named as defendants within the lawsuit had been property supervisor Marcia Ramos of Ramos Properties II and Maggie Scales, who was the tenant of the house and served because the president of the sorority on the time.
PEOPLE contacted Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority, Northeastern College and an legal professional representing Cox’s household for feedback. PEOPLE additionally tried to succeed in out to Ramos Properties II, however its listed cellphone quantity was not in service.
In line with the grievance, Cox’s household is searching for a jury trial. Boston.com and NBC affiliate WBTS reported that Cox’s household is asking for over $10 million.
“Because of the severity of her accidents, Sarah will proceed to completely depend on her mother and father,” the grievance said.
“Batul Kazim and William Cox’s lives are considerably restructured as a result of they now have to supply care and assist of each facet of Sarah’s life 24 hours per day and seven days per week on a everlasting foundation,” the grievance added.
A GoFundMe was created by Cox’s brother, Syed Ali, to pay for her sister’s medical bills. He wrote within the fundraiser description that Cox had needed to grow to be a physician to assist folks and that she had returned from her third worldwide medical mission journey earlier than the incident.
PEOPLE contacted Ali for remark.
“She has an extended highway to restoration however we’re praying she makes it by means of this and will get again on monitor in direction of her life aim of serving to others,” Ali wrote.
As of Aug. 27, the fundraiser has generated over $116,000.
