In 2010, Cornell University freman Bradley Ginsburg jumped committed suicide by jumping into one of the many gorges surrounding the campus.

His father subsequently filed a lawsuit that has resulted in a contentious court case.

The fight over a $180 million lawsuit filed against Cornell by the father of a student who committed suicide has intensified in the last month, with both sides toughening their rhetoric and accusing each other of distortions and ethical improprieties.

Cornell filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Tuesday, arguing that the father and his attorney failed to present any facts that could prove their case. Last month, the father’s attorney filed a motion for recusal, asking the judge to step aside because of several connections he has to Cornell.

The lawsuit argues that Cornell, the City of Ithaca and several University administrators “were negligent, careless and reckless” because they did not do enough to prevent suicides on bridges on or near campus. The suit was filed in November by Howard Ginsburg ’70, whose son, Bradley Ginsburg ’13, died in Fall Creek Gorge in 2010 after jumping from the Thurston Avenue Bridge. Bradley Ginsburg’s death was part of a string of student suicides that led to fences on bridges and intensified mental health programs on campus.

A federal judge has recently ruled that the lawsuit against the city and the school.

A federal judge says that Cornell University and the city of Ithaca can be sued for negligence in the death of a student from Florida who jumped to his death from a bridge over a gorge near the Ivy League school’s campus.

The Ithaca Journal reports that a U.S. District Court judge in Utica has ruled that Cornell provided ample input during the design phase of the reconstruction for the bridge from which 18-year-old Bradley Ginsburg leapt in February 2010. The judge also ruled that since the city never conducted a formal study of means restriction for the bridge, it wasn’t entitled to immunity.