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In a surprise move, MIT settled a potentially precedent-setting case involving the apparent suicide of a student.
The parents of Elizabeth Shin sued the school after she died of burns from a fire in her dorm room in 2000, after a series of suicide threats. Neither party disclosed the amount of the settlement.
In an unexpected twist, both the school and Shin's parents agreed that her death was most likely the result of an accident, not a suicide attempt. According to the Shins' lawyer, David DeLuca, toxicology tests indicated that Shin ...