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In the Salon article (http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/09/suicide/index.html), the question addressed was "Should colleges dismiss students who have attempted suicide in order to avoid parental lawsuits?" after a student's parents sued a school where their daughter set fire to herself in her room.
Looks like there will be another reason for colleges to give second thought to students who show evidence of mental health issues. Whether or not the student shooter at VT had a documented history of mental health issues such as depression or not, schools are now going to add "possibility student could become campus mass murderer" to the list of why students with mental health issues should be dismissed from the pressures of university. Because I'm sure there are scores of people lining up to sue VT right now. In addition to the school having to deal with the horror of the shootings, it's going to have to deal with people who want monetary recompense. Lots of it.
