Harvard and several University employees filed motions last month denying culpability or requesting dismissal in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging they were negligent in their care of a Harvard undergraduate.
The suit concerns the death of Luke Z. Tang '18, who died by suicide on campus in September 2015. Wendell W. Tang, his father, filed the lawsuit in the Middlesex County Superior Court on Sept. 11, 2018, accusing the University and its employees of “negligence and carelessness” that directly resulted in Tang's death. The lawsuit argues the defendants are responsible for damages amounting to at least $20 million.
In a Jan. 18 filing, Harvard University Health Services mental health counselor Melanie G. Northrop, a defendant in the suit, denied the charges against her that allege she was negligent and that she is responsible for paying damages.
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