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Former Westbrook Christian quarterback Jonathan Ford, Son of
house minority leader Craig Ford of Gadsden is suing a Birmingham Southern
fraternity chapter in Jefferson County Circuit Court, claiming he was injured
during a hazing incident.
The lawsuit, states Ford was injured when bleach was sprayed
into his eyes, forcing him to seek emergency medical care and leaving him
unable to throw a football and fully participate in football practice.
Ford left the fraternity and the college at the end of the
semester and now is enrolled in another school. The lawsuit names the
Birmingham Southern chapter and the national chapter of the Kappa Alpha
fraternity, along with Birmingham Southern, chapter President Alexander
Campbell Cantrill and member Robert Mackenzie Weaver.
Ford signed a football scholarship with Birmingham Southern
College in 2013 and enrolled in the college for the fall semester. He went out
for rush and was recruited by and offered a bid to join the Phi Chapter of
Kappa Alpha.
He accepted the invitation and became a pledge in the
fraternity.
Soon after his pledgeship began, the lawsuit states that
Ford was subjected to hazing by active members of the chapter.
During the fall semester, Ford was injured while cleaning a
staircase in the fraternity house when defendant Weaver negligently caused
bleach to spray in Ford’s eyes. The lawsuit contends the defendants were
responsible for fraternity members’ behavior, including that of Weaver.
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