April 25, 2022
Three of the 23 defendants in a lawsuit filed after a University of Missouri fraternity party left a student with serious brain injuries have reached a settlement. The attorney for the family of Daniel Santulli, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, filed …
May 29, 2020
Another former cadet has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech over being suspended in connection with a blood-pinning ceremony. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges the university violated the due process rights of Christopher J. Dana when it …
April 27, 2020
Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing. The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they were denied due …
February 21, 2020
A lawsuit has been settled between Virginia Tech and a former student who was accused of overseeing a ceremony that violated the school’s hazing policy. The federal lawsuit filed last month “has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both …
February 19, 2020
A student is suing Drake University in Des Moines, along with a fraternity at the school and several fellow students for an unspecified amount after he said he nearly died from a hazing incident. Court documents filed Feb. 7 show …
November 10, 2016
Five former students of a suburban Chicago high school will receive $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connection with hazing allegations. Officials of Maine Township High School District 207 say they and plaintiffs’ attorney Antonio Romanucci agreed to …
July 7, 2016
The University of North Carolina has reached a settlement after a college football player said he suffered a concussion during an off-campus hazing incident. Citing a copy of the settlement it obtained June 21, the News & Observer of Raleigh …
March 25, 2016
South Carona’s Clemson University has agreed to create more anti-hazing programs as part of a lawsuit settlement involving a former soccer player. The Greenville News reported the school will spend $40,000 on the programs after a female soccer player said …
September 21, 2015
Florida A&M University reached a $1.1 million settlement Sept. 18 with the family of a drum major who died after being hazed by fellow band members. The university agreed to name the marching band’s anti-hazing program after Robert Champion as …
June 1, 2015
A former Birmingham-Southern College football recruit who said he was hazed and injured while he was trying to join a fraternity has filed a lawsuit against the college and the organization. Jonathan Ford, son of Alabama House Minority Leader Rep. …