Topic
Hazing
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Tort Talk
Judge Brann of Federal Middle District Issues Opinion Addressing Motions to Dismiss and/or Stay in College Hazing Case
In the case of Piazza v. Young, No. 4:19-cv-00128 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 27, 2019 Brann, J.), the court addressed various Motions to Dismiss and Motions to Stay in a civil…
Bloom Legal Blog
Louisiana Enacts Strong Anti-Hazing Law
By Seth Bloom
Posted on Jan 31, 2019 in Criminal Defense In September 2017, LSU freshman Maxwell Gruver died with so much alcohol in his bloodstream that it was more than six times…
Bloom Legal Blog
Louisiana Enacts Strong Anti-Hazing Law
By Seth Bloom
Posted on Jan 31, 2019 in Criminal Defense In September 2017, LSU freshman Maxwell Gruver died with so much alcohol in his bloodstream that it was more than six times…
Sentencing Law and Policy
After guilty plea, frat member gets 3 months of house arrest and 27 months of probation for role in hazing death of Penn State pledge
Main July 31, 2018After guilty plea, frat member gets 3 months of house arrest and 27 months of probation for role in hazing death of Penn State pledgeAs reported in…
TortsProf Blog
Parks on Tort Law and Fraternity and Sorority Hazing
Gregory Parks (Wake Forest) has a piece in The Huffington Post about the tort duties of fraternities and sororities with regard to hazing. The issue is relevant in Pennsylvania due to…
Sports Shorts
Sports team initiations: when a culture problem becomes a legal problem
Today, the RFU has reportedly attributed to “initiation ceremonies” huge drop-offs in participation in the sport by university age players. According to the RFU, the reputation of initiations has led…
The Right Coast
Fraternities, Sororities, Greek Life Must Be Abolished | Time.com
But we must push through this sense of impossibility. What happened to Timothy Piazza was a predictable tragedy, and there will be more unless we end Greek life for good.…
TortsProf Blog
UVa Swim Team Hazing Lawsuit Settled
A former member of the UVa swim team and five team members have settled a federal hazing lawsuit. The five team members issued an apology but continued to deny the more…
The Right Coast
A hazing ritual forced Chinese female flight attendants into overhead bins – The Washington Post
A Civil Aviation Tabloid on Wechat, a popular social networking app in China, has released photos of female flight attendants lying uncomfortably in overhead bins. The initiation ritual, which has been…
The Right Coast
Rape trial puts elite private school in harsh spotlight as a place of secret rites and sexual conquests | National Post
He wrote that rituals are used there mainly to impose hierarchy, with some of the rituals organized by students having taken on a pointedly sexual turn. There is the annual…