<p>jym good advice about not communicating via email. The emails can be used to confirm her acceptance of blame.</p>
<p>I had a similar incident occur when I was at a restaurant. There was a cord across an aisle and I didn’t see it, as I was looking forward, not at the ground. I tripped, and although I didn’t fall, I wrenched the heck out of my back trying to keep my balance. The reaction of the managers at the restaurant was immediate. They were extremely apologetic, paid for my bill, gave me a gift card worth two meals, had me fill out an incident report, and made sure to let me know that it did not close my file, and that if I needed to go to a doctor, that they would pay for it. This is quite a different reaction than what she got from the guy…</p>
<p>Not only is he at fault, but if something had happened to your daughter, the university could be at fault (by omission). It happened on their property. I think if she needed to go to a university “court” they would be on her side and would be darn glad that she wasn’t injured.</p>