A married couple who has served for 30 years at Stanford University is suing the institution for not doing enough to prevent the death of their son, who attended the school, from a fentanyl overdose in a frat house two years ago.
Amir Weiner, associate professor of history, and Julia Erwin-Weiner, associate vice president at Stanford's Medical Centre Development, of Palo Alto, said the lawsuit is a 'last resort to seek justice' for their son Eitan Weiner.
Nineteen-year-old Eitan, a Stanford sophomore, was found dead on the floor of a bathroom stall of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house after consuming Fentanyl-laced Percocet pills.
'For two years we've been begging, pleading with the university to hold accountable the institutions and the individuals who played any role, any part in Eitan's death,' Amir told NCB on Monday.
Two days before his death on January 17, 2020, Eitan lost the ability to move or speak and a fraternity house resident assistant called 911, the suit, filed in December, claims.
However, after Eitan declined treatment, three classmates reportedly 'concealed evidence and misled first responders and others regarding the presence of controlled substances.'
The Weiners allege that Stanford failed to take action in preventing their son's death after becoming aware that there were controlled substances circulating in the fraternity. They said they hope the suit helps prevent other overdose deaths at the university.
They are also demanding damages, funeral and burial expenses, and a trial by jury. DailyMail.com has reached out to Stanford University for comment.
Amir Weiner, associate professor of history, and Julia Erwin-Weiner, associate vice president at Stanford's Medical Centre Development, of Palo Alto, are suing Stanford over the death of their 19-year-old son from a fentanyl overdose in Theta Delta Chi frat house
Nineteen-year-old Eitan, a Stanford sophomore, was found after consuming Fentanyl-laced Percocet pills
His body was found on the floor of a bathroom stall of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house
Julia said Stanford had been her family's home for over a quarter of a century after she and her husband joined the prestigious institution as faculty in 1995.
When the time came for two of their children to go to college, the Weiners sent them both to Stanford. Their daughter, Ya'el Weiner, 24, graduated in 2019, while Eitan would have graduate this June.
'We made Stanford our home. It is our place. We raised our kids here,' Julia said.
But Eitan's life, dreams and aspirations were cut short by a tragic fentanyl overdose at his Theta Delta Chi fraternity house in January 2020.
'People talk about the things that he achieved, or accomplished, and I'm just thinking: At 19 years old, you don't even start your life. You're just beginning to scratch the beginning and he didn't even get beyond that,' Amir, who teaches history to his son's friends, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
'That's what kills us. He was just beginning,' he added.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court, a police officer who responded to the scene found a rolled $5 bill next to Eitan's body, and blue powder on a paper towel dispenser.
Officers also found a bottle full of different types of pills. Among them, blue pills with an 'M' on one side, and a '30' on the other.
The pills, which the Santa Clarita Health issued a warning for after Eitan's death in September 2019, were counterfeit 30-milligram Percocet pills that contained fentanyl - synthetic opioid up to 100 times stronger than the oxycodone hydrochloride in regular Percocet pills.
'The tablets visually appear to be the pharmaceutically manufactured version—they are circular in shape, light blue to light green in color, and have an 'M' inside a square stamped on one side and a '30' stamped on the other side. Numerous fatal overdoses have been tied to these tablets, with a strong uptick in fatal overdoses in August 2019,' Santa Clara health said in the 2019 warning.
Julia (far left) said Stanford had been her family's home for over a quarter of a century. The Weiners sent both their adult children to Stanford
Eitan's life, dreams and aspirations were cut short by a tragic fentanyl overdose at his Theta Delta Chi fraternity house in January 2020
The Weiners lawsuit claims that the pills were purchased by Eitan and three other housemates at Theta Delta Chi from Matthew Ming Carpenter.
Carpenter, who was criminally charged with one felony count of transportation, sale and distribution of a controlled
