Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com Adam Oakes, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU”), died of alcohol poisoning allegedly resulting from hazing at a Big Brother event organized by members of the campus’s Delta Chi Chapter.  Since that...

Micah E. Kamrass, Fraternal Law Partners, mkamrass@manleyburke.com Earlier this month, a jury found that the Gruver family was entitled to $6,100,000 as damages because of the 2017 death of Max Gruver. Gruver was hazed to death by members of the...

Haellie Gordon, [1] Fraternal Law Partners, hgordon@manleyburke.com   On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, New Mexico State University (“NMSU”) fired its first-year men’s basketball head coach, Greg Heiar, and suspended the remainder of the team’s 2023 season.[1] This decision came as...

Ilana Linder, Fraternal Law Partners, Ilana.Linder@manleyburke.com Thomas “Lofton” Hazelwood, a freshman at the University of Kentucky (“University”), died in 2021. Although his death was originally suspected to be the result of hazing, the University eventually released a report, concluding, in...

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which has a remarkable record of defending the freedom of speech, association, and due process rights of students and faculty members across the country, has...