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Alabama: University Shooting

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Estates of Dr. Maria Ragland Davis and Dr. Adriel D. Johnson, Sr. v. Dr. Vistasp M. Karbhari, Dr. Amy Bishop and James Anderson. Represent families of two distinguished professors and respected individuals who were gunned down during a staff meeting by their colleague, Dr. Amy Bishop. The matter is in litigation before the Circuit Court of...

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Chi Psi Fraternity et al. Represented the family of a deceased college student who died following an evening of fraternity hazing at the University of Colorado in Boulder. At the outset of this case, one defendant sought to evade liability for his misconduct based upon the State's Dram Shop Act, which expressly prohibits certain civil...

Delaware: University Death

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Sigma Alpha Mu, et al. Representing the family of a college student who died following an evening of fraternity hazing at the University of Delaware. The 18 year old pledge died following the fraternity's "Big Brother Night" ritual, where dangerous quantities of alcohol were provided to pledges by fraternity brothers (and...

Indiana: Sorority Hazing Injuries

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Two Jane Does v. Unidentified National Sorority, et al. Represented the families of two young women who were given third-degree burns by their sorority sisters during a hazing ritual. The ritual included disturbing simulations involving sexual content. ABC 20/20 featured this incident in a report dealing with the purported increase of violent hazing in sororities. ...

Maryland: Fraternity Death

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Phi Sigma Kappa, et al. Represented the family of college student who died following an evening of initiation at a "Bid Night" sponsored by a chapter of a national fraternity. Discovery in the case uncovered internal documents of the fraternity demonstrating that the fraternity's risk-management programs were not unilaterally...

Michigan: Fraternity Hazing Death

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Numerous Defendants. Represented the family of college student who died following an evening of hazing during initiation by the Knights of College Leadership at Ferris State University (Big Rapids, Michigan). CBS 48 Hours portrayed this incident in a story dealing with fraternity hazing, initiations and drinking deaths. The fraternity...

Mississippi: Fraternity Hazing Injury

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Client v. Sigma Chi Fraternity et al. With Jim Kitchens, Esq. of Jackson, Mississippi, represent a young man who sustained a traumatic brain injury during a fraternity pledge event and party. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, and the family received substantial pre-trial financial settlements from numerous defendants.

Nevada: Fraternity Hazing Death

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Pi Kappa Alpha House Corporation, et al. Retained by the family of deceased college student to assist their local counsel, Marquis & Aurbach of Las Vegas, Nevada, in civil litigation arising out of the hazing death by drowning of their son during a fraternity pledge event at the University of Nevada, Reno. Depositions of the...

New Jersey: University Hazing Death

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Estate of Deceased College Student v. Rider University, Phi Kappa Tau, et al. Represented family whose beloved son and brother died as a result of hazing by members of Phi Kappa Tau during the Spring of 2007 at Rider University. Two senior university officials were indicted by a Grand Jury as a result of the hazing death, although the local prosecutor decided later to...

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