Abraham Pishevar II, 18, from Rockville, Md. was killed, along with two fellow Spartan wrestlers -- 20-year-old Lucas Marcelli of Massillon, Ohio, and 18-year-old John Hill of St. Simons, Ga. -- as well as the 20-year-old pilot, William Felten of Saginaw, Mich. when the plane crashed while taking off from a general aviation airport east of Cleveland in August 2014.
Pishevar's parents, Afshin Pishevar and Zahra Mohebbi, both of Maryland, filed suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Named in the lawsuit is the registered owner of the plane, the club where Felton rented the aircraft, Felton's estate, and both local and national chapters of the Indianapolis-based Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity where their son was pledging.
The four were killed when the rented 1999 Cessna 172R crashed and exploded moments after takeoff from the Cuyahoga County Regional Airport in suburban Richmond Heights at about 10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. The students had planned a nighttime sightseeing trip of the Cleveland area after their first day of classes for the 2014-15 school year.
Founded in 1826, Case Western Reserve began as two separate institutions -- Case Institute of Technology, and Western Reserve College -- which joined together in 1967 to form Case Western Reserve University. Based in Cleveland, CWRU describes itself as "one of the country's leading research institutions." The Spartans wrestling program competes in NCAA Division III.
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