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Hazing in Texas: A Legal Guide for Goodrich Families and Students When a Night of "Tradition" Becomes a Medical Emergency: What Goodrich Families Need to Know Right Now It’s a fall evening in Goodrich, Texas. Your child, a determined freshman at a university hours away, has just accepted a bid to join an organization promising brotherhood, sisterhood, and lifelong bonds. Weeks later, a cryptic text mentions “mandatory study sessions” that run past midnight. Later, a phone call home reveals exhaustion, unexplained bruises, and a strange, fearful reluctance to talk about what happens at the chapter house. Then, the worst call comes—the one from a hospital, where your child is being treated for acute kidney failure after a “pledge workout.” You feel shock, anger, and a profound sense of helplessness. The university says they’re investigating. The fraternity national headquarters issues a statement about “zero tolerance.” But your child is the one in the hospital bed. What do you do now? This is not a hypothetical scenario for Texas families. Right now, in Houston, our firm is actively litigating one of the most serious hazing cases in the country—the Leonel Bermudez v. University of Houston & Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter…
