New Jersey Woman Sues UMass Over Son’s Fatal Drug Overdose

November 7, 2016

The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs.

Francesca Sinacori’s suit seeks $5 million from the university for breach of contract, and $1 million from the other student for wrongful death.

Twenty-year-old Eric Sinacori, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., was found dead in his apartment in October 2013. He was an informant for campus police at the time after police agreed not to press drug charges if he cooperated with them.

Francesca Sinacori says in the suit the university violated her right to be informed of her son’s illicit drug activity.

The university said it does not comment on pending litigation, but noted that the informant program was discontinued.

Topics Lawsuits New Jersey

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  • November 9, 2016 at 11:19 am
    Jax Agent says:
    I'm sorry, I sort of lost track of who is addressing who. Are you suggesting that I (Jax Agent) have changed my name to Deplorables ?
  • November 8, 2016 at 4:50 pm
    mr opinion says:
    Technically an 18 year old is an adult, so policy or not they would be violating the student's privacy by telling on him to his mommy. So the policy just needs to be deleted,... read more
  • November 8, 2016 at 1:48 pm
    Captain Planet says:
    Agent, What about alcohol, or sugar, or caffeine? Instead of blaming a myth that marijuana is a "gateway drug", perhaps we should look at the real reasons why he had a drug ad... read more

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