Teh One Who Knocks
12-06-2012, 04:13 PM
By Justin Graeber - Enterprise Staff Writer
EASTON —
Stonehill College has convinced a judge to throw out part of a suit brought by a former student who claimed her roommate’s sexual habits caused her to suffer depression and withdraw from the college.
In the civil suit filed in federal court in Boston in February, Lindsay Blankmeyer claimed her senior-year roommate had sex with her boyfriend while Blankmeyer tried to sleep a few feet away. Blankmeyer also claimed her roommate engaged in “sexually inappropriate video chatting” when Blankmeyer was in the room. The suit seeks $150,000 in damages.
Stonehill’s attorneys had sought to dismiss the entire complaint, but on Nov. 2, U.S. District Court Judge Rya Zobel dismissed part of it.
The original complaint claimed the college refused to provide Blankmeyer adequate alternative housing after the problems with her roommate, forcing her to move off campus. Blankmeyer also claimed the college refused to accommodate her disability, attention deficit disorder and depression.
Zobel, in a memorandum dated Nov. 2, threw out the part of the suit where Blankmeyer claimed discrimination, but allowed her claim that Stonehill did not offer her “reasonable accommodations.”
The next scheduled court date for the suit is a conference on Dec. 19.
EASTON —
Stonehill College has convinced a judge to throw out part of a suit brought by a former student who claimed her roommate’s sexual habits caused her to suffer depression and withdraw from the college.
In the civil suit filed in federal court in Boston in February, Lindsay Blankmeyer claimed her senior-year roommate had sex with her boyfriend while Blankmeyer tried to sleep a few feet away. Blankmeyer also claimed her roommate engaged in “sexually inappropriate video chatting” when Blankmeyer was in the room. The suit seeks $150,000 in damages.
Stonehill’s attorneys had sought to dismiss the entire complaint, but on Nov. 2, U.S. District Court Judge Rya Zobel dismissed part of it.
The original complaint claimed the college refused to provide Blankmeyer adequate alternative housing after the problems with her roommate, forcing her to move off campus. Blankmeyer also claimed the college refused to accommodate her disability, attention deficit disorder and depression.
Zobel, in a memorandum dated Nov. 2, threw out the part of the suit where Blankmeyer claimed discrimination, but allowed her claim that Stonehill did not offer her “reasonable accommodations.”
The next scheduled court date for the suit is a conference on Dec. 19.