article_snippet: The parents of a 19-year-old Clemson University student who died last year after falling from a highway bridge during a pre-dawn fraternity run sued the university, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and three of the Sigma Phi Epsilon members for $50 million on Monday.
article_snippet: Clemson University, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and the fraternity members could not be immediately reached for comment.
article_snippet: It was not clear whether the defendants had retained attorneys.
article_snippet: A spokeswoman for the university told the Greenville News that the school was aware of the legal action, but would not comment on pending litigation.
article_snippet: , is one of five defendants in two lawsuits seeking at least $50 million stemming from the death of a Clemson University fraternity pledge.
article_snippet: In addition to Samuel Quillen Carney, the lawsuits name two other fraternity members, as well as the university and the fraternity.
article_snippet: The other two fraternity members named as defendants are Thomas Carter King and Campbell T. Starr.
article_snippet: Neither The other two fraternity members named as defendants nor Samuel Carney immediately responded to messages left in The other two fraternity members named as defendants campus email accounts seeking comment.