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Family Reaches Settlement in Bradley Student Death
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Family members of a Bradley University student who died after a college prank have settled their wrongful death lawsuit.

Nineteen year old Sheridan Dahlquist died in 2007 after his roommates lit two roman candles under his bedroom door as an apparent prank after a night of drinking.

The (Peoria) Journal Star reports that court papers indicate the family will get a total settlement of $700,000 in the settlement with three of Dahlquist's roommates and the owners of the house where the men lived.

The Dahlquists' attorney, Gerald Brady, declined to comment on the settlement. He says the lawsuit was a "very sensitive matter to the Dahlquists."

The lawsuit was filed in August 2009.

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