GW Law Student Dies After Tragic Fall

Eric Fatla, 26, died Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. According to the AP, and GW Professor Jonathan Turley's blog, the first year law student died after falling down a flight of stairs at the Union Club in Chicago.

Fatla was home visiting his family when the accident happened Christmas Eve. He passed, surrounded by his family.

Fatla worked with a lobbying and law firm while attending class in the evenings. He had gone to China on a research project, Honduras as an election monitor and worked in Congress as a staffer. He was working as director of operations at New World Group LLC. He was also a congressional staffer for former U.S. Congressman Jerry Weller (R-Ill.). He had survived an earlier trauma, a head injury that almost led to a brain hemorrhage, sustained while playing football in High School.

WRGW has contacted The Office of Media Relations for an official statement from the university. Stay tuned for more information.

The WRGW News and Radio team sends its condolences to the family.