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Hazing Lawsuits in Texas: A Comprehensive Guide for Wylie Families The Ugly Reality When Campus "Traditions" Turn Criminal We've seen it too many times at The Manginello Law Firm: a call comes in from a family right here in our Texas community. Their voice shakes as they describe how their son or daughter—a bright student from Wylie who they sent off to college full of promise—is now in a hospital bed, psychologically shattered, or worse. The story often starts the same way: "It was just supposed to be bonding." "Everyone goes through it." "We thought it was tradition." Right now, we're fighting one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas on behalf of Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who nearly died from fraternity hazing. According to the Click2Houston report on the UH Pi Kappa Phi hazing case, Bermudez was forced through extreme physical abuse that caused rhabdomyolysis—severe muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure. His urine turned brown, he couldn't stand without help, and he spent four days in the hospital facing permanent kidney damage. The ABC13 coverage details how Pi Kappa Phi members sprayed pledges in the face with a hose "similar to waterboarding," forced them to consume…