An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing.

The state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the mother of Robert Eugene Tipton Jr. didn’t offer sufficient evidence that Tipton’s 2012 death was likely caused by activities of Delta Sigma Phi at High Point University. The three-judge panel upheld a trial court decision.

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