ITHACA -- ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - The father of a Cornell University freshman who jumped to his death in a gorge on the Ivy League campus is suing the school and the city of Ithaca for $168 million in damages.
Howard Ginsburg of Boca Raton, Florida, contends in a federal lawsuit filed this week school and city officials knew the bridges over Fall Creek in the were a danger but didn't take adequate steps to make them safe.
The body of his son, Bradley, an 18-year-old economics major, was recovered in February of 2010, a day after his roommate reported him missing. Weeks later, after two more undergrads plunged to their deaths, Cornell posted lookouts on bridges.
Cornell told the Ithaca Journal it had no comment but expects the lawsuit to be dismissed.
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