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Lawsuit filed over alcohol-related death of NIU student

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The Palatine family of a Northern Illinois University freshman who died last November, reportedly after an alcohol-related hazing incident at his fraternity, filed suit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages, according to a news release sent out late Thursday afternoon.