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When the Phone Calls from Campus Aren't Right: A Guide for Alice Families on Hazing, Injury, and the Law If you’re a parent in Alice, your child leaving for college is a milestone filled with pride and maybe a little worry. You picture them in class, making new friends, and building a future. You don’t picture a frantic phone call, a rushed trip to a distant hospital, or the confusing, evasive language of a university administrator telling you your child was hurt in a “membership incident.” Right now, in Texas, we are actively fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in the country. Our client, Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student, was subjected to a brutal pledge period with the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter that left him with rhabdomyolysis—a severe skeletal muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure. His urine turned brown. He was hospitalized for four days and faces a risk of permanent kidney damage. The alleged hazing included carrying a degrading “pledge fanny pack,” being sprayed in the face with a hose “similar to waterboarding,” forced consumption of food until vomiting, and extreme physical workouts. We filed a $10 million lawsuit against the University of Houston,…
