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Jul 2, 2026

Wrongful Death & Anti-Hazing Act Drowning of Ateneo Student-Athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili in Dipaculao, Aurora — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice and the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Institutional-Liability Lawsuit to University Athletic Hazing Cases, We Pursue the University Under Its In Loco Parentis Duty and the Coaching Staff Who Forced Non-Swimmers Into High-Tide Rip Currents as a Roster-Selection Prerequisite, We Move to Preserve the Tide Tables, Player Testimonies and Video Evidence Before They Disappear, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Institutional Claims Are Valued and Denied — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Dipaculao, Aurora County Hazing Wrongful Death: When a Coach Put Non-Swimmers in the Ocean If you are reading this, someone you love is gone. Two young athletes died on June 8, 2026, in the waters off Dipaculao, Aurora — not because of a freak wave or a sudden storm, but because a coach who was told five of his players could not swim put them in the ocean anyway, during high tide, after ten hours of physical exertion, as a condition of making the team. The Philippine National Police spent nearly three weeks investigating, interviewed sixty people over 320 hours, compiled more than 620 pages of testimony and video evidence, and recommended prosecution under the Anti-Hazing Act. That is not how the government treats an accident. That is how the government treats a crime. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. Our lead counsel, Ralph Manginello, has spent 27-plus years in courtrooms, including federal court, and right now he is lead counsel in an active ten-million-dollar hazing lawsuit against a university and a fraternity. That case, like this one, involves a young person put in danger by people who held power over them and used it recklessly. The medicine of hazing, the law of institutional accountability, the power dynamic between a prominent coach and student-athletes who wanted to make the roster — these do not change because the coastline is in Aurora instead of Texas. The fight is the same fight, and we know how to fight it.…

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Jul 2, 2026

Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death: Caleb Wilson, a 20-Year-Old Southern University Human Jukebox Band Member, Killed in February 2025 by Boxing-Glove Chest Punches in an Omega Psi Phi Ritual That Caused Sudden Cardiac Arrest While Participants Failed to Call for Help — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice and Lead-Counsel Authority in the Active $10M+ Hazing Lawsuit to Pursue the National Fraternity and the Institution Behind the Chapter, Serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Fraternal Carriers Invoke Hazing Exclusions to Deny Coverage, We Preserve Group-Chat Evidence, the Coroner’s Findings and Fraternity Risk-Management Manuals Before Digital Records Are Deleted, Louisiana Passed the Max Gruver Act in 2018 and Now Has the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act — Consent Is Not a Valid Defense to Hazing Under Louisiana Law, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Baton Rouge Hazing Death: What Happened to a Southern University Student — and How Louisiana Law Holds the Responsible Parties Accountable You are reading this at the hour when the house is quiet and the grief is loudest. Maybe it has been weeks since you got the call. Maybe it has been months and you are only now able to think clearly enough to type the question that brought you here. Either way, the same thing is true: someone you love is gone, and what killed him was not an accident. It was a ritual. It was preventable. And the law in Louisiana gives you less time to act than almost any other state in the country. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are a trial firm that takes hazing wrongful-death cases in Louisiana, working with local counsel and appearing pro hac vice where required. Our managing partner, Ralph Manginello, has 27+ years in courtrooms, including federal court, and is lead counsel in an active $10 million hazing lawsuit — Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi / University of Houston — filed in Harris County, Texas, in November 2025. He was a journalist before he was a lawyer, which means he knows how to find the story the other side hoped would stay buried. Our associate attorney, Lupe Peña, spent years inside a national insurance-defense firm — the rooms where adjusters and their software decided how to deny, delay, and devalue claims exactly like yours. He sat…

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Jul 2, 2026

Savanna Jones Hazing Wrongful Death at Wilberforce University in Greene County, Ohio — 18-Year-Old Freshman Forced to Consume a Full Bottle of Liquor in a Turtles Crossing Ritual on a Campus Advertised as Alcohol-Free While University-Employed Resident Assistants Watched and Did Nothing — Attorney911, Currently Leading a $10M+ Hazing Institutional-Liability Lawsuit, Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Hold the University and Its Staff Accountable Under Ohio’s Anti-Hazing Statute, We Move to Preserve Henderson Hall Security Footage, RA Group Chats and Cell-Phone Evidence Before the Overwrite — Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, Millions Recovered in Wrongful-Death Cases, Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio Hazing Wrongful Death Lawyer — When a University’s Silence Becomes a Death Sentence You are reading this because someone you love did not come home from college. An 18-year-old freshman went to a dorm room at Wilberforce University on a spring night in 2026 to join a group called the Turtles. She texted a friend that she was “lowkey scared.” By morning, she was dead. The university issued a statement calling it a “profound tragedy” and said it “prohibits hazing.” Those words arrived after the death, not before it — and the distance between what a university says after a hazing death and what it did before one is where your case lives. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are a trial firm that takes Ohio hazing and wrongful death cases, and we are currently lead counsel in an active multi-million-dollar hazing lawsuit against a university and a fraternity. That experience — the mechanics of how a campus culture hides a deadly ritual, how a university’s own staff can know and do nothing, and how the law finally caught up to institutions that looked the other way — is exactly what a case like this demands. Ralph Manginello has spent 27 years in courtrooms, including federal court. Lupe Peña sat on the other side of the table for years as an insurance-defense attorney before joining this firm — he knows the playbook because he used to run it. We work with local…

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Jul 2, 2026

School Hazing & Sexual Assault Title IX Attorneys: When the 11th Circuit Revived C.W.’s Piedmont, Alabama Case — Reversing a Lower Court That Called Locker-Room Keying Mere Football Antics — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice and the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Litigation, We Pursue the School District and Coaching Staff Under Title IX, Pull Internal Investigation Reports, Locker-Room Surveillance and Teammate Communications Before They Vanish, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Institutional Liability, Alabama’s Tort Claims Act Caps Government Damages But Federal Title IX Claims Bypass Those Limits, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Piedmont, Alabama: When “Football Antics” Turned Out to Be Sexual Assault — and a Federal Appeals Court Agreed If your child came home from football practice at Piedmont High School and told you what happened in that locker room, your first instinct was probably disbelief. Then rage. Then the slow, awful realization that the very people you trusted to protect your son — the coach, the school, the system — either looked the other way or called it something it was not. A federal judge in Alabama called it “football antics” and threw the case out. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals just reversed that ruling and said the allegations are “sexual in nature and very serious.” That single sentence from the appeals court is the door your family walks back through. Your child’s experience is not a prank. It is not a rite of passage. Under federal law, it is sexual harassment, and the school that allowed it has to answer for it. We are a trial firm that takes cases in Alabama, and we are telling you this on this page because we need you to understand three things before you read another word. First, what happened to your child is a recognized federal civil rights violation — not just bad behavior. Second, the evidence that proves it is on a clock, and some of it is already dying. Third, the law that protects your child has no damage cap, and the people who failed your child do…

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Jul 2, 2026

San Diego State University Hazing Lawsuit: Attorney911 Represents Benjamin Brennan in the Kappa Sigma Coma Case, We Pursue National Fraternities for Forced Alcohol Ingestion & Post-Injury Abandonment, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Trial Practice & Lead Counsel in an Active $10M+ Institutional Liability Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values & Denies TBI Cases, We Move to Secure University Expulsion Records & Toxicology, Matt’s Law Victim Rights in San Diego, San Diego County, California, $5M+ Brain-Injury Result — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

San Diego Hazing Injuries: Your Family’s Fight for Justice Under Matt’s Law When your child leaves for San Diego State University, you expect the challenges of exams and the growth of independence. You do not expect to meet a “new” version of your son in an ICU because a brotherhood ritual turned into a life-threatening assault. The reality of a 750ml bottle of rum, forced drug use, and the eventual abandonment of a lifeless body at a hospital is not “Greek life”—it is a violation of the law. At our firm, we see the spirit-death that happens to families when a vibrant freshman is returned to them with a permanent brain injury. We know the uncertainty of a future where school and work are no longer guaranteed. If your family is facing this crisis, you are not just fighting for a recovery; you are fighting to ensure this never happens to another student in the College Area. Our trial team represents families in San Diego County who have been failed by the institutions meant to protect their children. We provide a free consultation to help you understand your rights, and we work on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee unless we win your case. The Law That Protects San Diego Students: Understanding Matt’s Law California has one of the strongest anti-hazing statutes in the country. Known as Matt’s Law, it was created specifically to give victims a private right to seek justice in civil court. “California Penal Code…

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Jul 2, 2026

Riley Strain Wrongful Death & Fraternity Liability: Attorney911 Holds National Organizations & Local Chapters Accountable for Negligent Alcohol Provision and Abandonment in Nashville, Tennessee — Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Institutional-Negligence Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Fights the Claims Machine, We Move to Secure Municipal Surveillance and Digital Forensic Evidence Before the Overwrite Loop, Millions Recovered in Fatal Claims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Brotherhood Paradox: When a Fraternity Abandons a Member in Crisis When a young man joins a fraternity, he is sold a promise of lifelong loyalty and mutual protection. It is a “brotherhood” that claims to stand together in all things. But as our trial team has seen too many times, that promise often evaporates the moment a member becomes a liability. In the case of the University of Missouri student found in the Cumberland River, the allegations suggest a devastating breakdown of that duty. If your family is currently moving through the aftermath of a loss like this, we know that no amount of legal analysis can fill the empty chair at your table. However, we also know that the only way to force an industry to change is to hold it financially and legally responsible for the choices it makes. At Attorney911, our wrongful death claim lawyers examine these cases to identify exactly where the safety floor was breached and who had the power to prevent the outcome. The Theory of Abandonment of a Helpless Person The lawsuit filed in the wake of the Nashville incident centers on a powerful legal theory: the abandonment of a helpless person. Under common law principles followed in both Tennessee and Missouri, a special relationship — such as the one between a fraternity and its members — creates a duty of care. This duty is even stronger when the defendants themselves are the ones who created the peril. According to the filed…

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Jul 2, 2026

Northern Arizona University Employment Law & Wrongful Termination Attorneys — Attorney911 Represents the 250+ Employees Facing University-Initiated Separations & Non-Renewals in Arizona, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, We Investigate Breach of Contract & Due Process Violations Amid NAU Staffing Reductions, Lupe Peña the Former Defense Insider Who Knows the Tactics Used to Justify Enrollment-Based Cuts, We Secure Personnel Records & Separation Notices Before They Are Lost, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Clients — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

When NAU Staffing Cuts and Fraternity Culture Result in Tragedy You are likely reading this because an autopsy report just turned your world upside down. That document, with its cold medical findings of “alcohol poisoning,” is more than a cause of death; it is a smoking gun. It proves that what happened to your son in Flagstaff was not a random accident or a “lapse in judgment.” It was the result of a massive ingestion of ethanol within a compressed timeframe—the exact signature of fraternity hazing. At the same time, we are seeing reports that Northern Arizona University (NAU) is cutting more than 250 staff positions. In the world of law, these two facts are not separate. When a university slashes its workforce, the very first things to suffer are oversight and safety. If the employees responsible for monitoring Greek life, enforcing anti-hazing policies, and patrolling campus are the ones whose jobs were cut, the university has created a “recognized hazard.” We represent families in Arizona who have been failed by the institutions they trusted to keep their children safe. We are a trial firm that takes these cases because we believe a “pledging process” is never a legal shield for negligence. If you are sitting in the aftermath of a preventable loss, you need to know that the clock is already running on the evidence that could prove what really happened that night. The Link Between University Staffing and Student Safety When we look at a wrongful death claim,…

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Jul 2, 2026

Michigan State University Fraternity Hazing & Wrongful Death Attorneys — Attorney911 Litigates Institutional Negligence Following the Michigan Supreme Court Ruling in the Phat Nguyen Case, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice and Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, We Pursue the National Organizations and Chapter Leadership Behind Fatal Forced-Intoxication Rituals in East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values Fatal Injury, We Move Fast to Preserve Social Media Logs and Internal Manuals, Millions Recovered in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan Wrongful Death Attorneys: Justice for MSU Fraternity Hazing Victims The families of Michigan State University students know that East Lansing is supposed to be a place of growth and discovery, not a place where a child’s life ends in a basement during a “crossover” ritual. When the 2021 tragedy involving the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity took the life of Phat Nguyen and sent three other young men to the hospital, the community was left asking how this could happen in a town so focused on student safety. In March 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court provided a definitive answer to a long-running legal challenge: the state’s anti-hazing law is constitutional, and the criminal trials against those who orchestrated the event will move forward in the Ingham County Circuit Court. For a family grieving a wrongful death, this ruling is a massive victory. It means the path to civil justice is no longer blocked by constitutional debates. We know that while the criminal case punishes the individual, the civil case is where we hold the entire system—the local chapter, the National Fraternity, and the property owners—accountable for the predatory rituals they allowed to continue. At Attorney911, we act as the shield for families in crisis, ensuring that the “blue wall of silence” often found in Greek organizations is dismantled through evidence and law. The Michigan Supreme Court Ruling: What Happens Now in Ingham County The Michigan Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal from the defendants is…

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Jul 2, 2026

Caleb Wilson Fatal Hazing & Wrongful Death Attorneys in Baton Rouge — Attorney911 Holds National Organizations Liable for the Caleb Wilson Warehouse Assault, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Trial Practice and Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Case, We Pursue the National Insurance Towers for Chest-Trauma Battery and the Failure to Call 911, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Denies Coverage, Millions Recovered in Louisiana Wrongful-Death and Survival-Action Claims, We Move to Preserve the Phone Data and Security Footage Before the Overwrite — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Dealing with the Tragedy of a Baton Rouge Hazing Incident If you are reading this, you are likely living through a nightmare that no parent in East Baton Rouge Parish should ever have to face. Your son was a junior mechanical engineering student. He was a talented trumpet player in the “Human Jukebox” marching band. He had a career trajectory that would have changed your family’s life. Then, in the darkness of an off-campus warehouse, a “pledge activity” turned into a violent criminal battery that stole his future. We know that the shock of a sudden death is often followed by a second wave of anger when you find out the truth was hidden from you. When the group dropped a student off at a local hospital emergency room, they didn’t tell the truth. They claimed he collapsed while playing basketball at a city park. They prioritized “the brand” of a fraternity over a human life. At no point did anyone call 911. We are Attorney911, and we take on the institutions that allow these “underground” rituals to persist. We serve as a trial firm that takes Louisiana wrongful death claim cases. We are here to tell you that the “basketball lie” is not just a moral failure—it is a legal pivot point that we use to destroy the defense’s case. Why the “Basketball Lie” Changes the Legal Strategy In many wrongful death cases, the defense will try to claim that the victim “assumed the risk” or “voluntarily participated” in…

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Jul 2, 2026

Phat Nguyen MSU Hazing Death & Wrongful Death Representation in East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan — Attorney911 Holds National Fraternities Accountable for Fatal Crossover Rituals and Forced Alcohol Poisoning, Ralph Manginello Lead Counsel in the Active $10M Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Lawsuit, We Secure Cellphone Video and Toxicology Proof of Coerced Consumption Before Evidence Is Lost, Millions Recovered for Families, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Denies Liability, Michigan Wrongful Death Doctrine, Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Michigan State Hazing Lawsuit: Seeking Justice for Phat Nguyen Hearing that criminal charges have been dismissed against the people involved in your loved one’s death is a crushing blow. It feels like the system has failed you twice—first by letting the tragedy happen, and then by refusing to punish those responsible. If you are sitting at a kitchen table in East Lansing or anywhere in Ingham County trying to make sense of why the justice system seems to be stalling, you need to know that the criminal court is only one path. The recent dismissal of charges in the Michigan State University fraternity case was caused by a technical delay in processing evidence—1.5 terabytes of data from 10 seized cell phones. While the prosecutor intends to refile those charges once the forensic downloads are complete, your family does not have to wait for the criminal system to move. We focus on the civil justice system, where the burden of proof is different, and where we can hold the national fraternity, the local officers, and the individual participants financially accountable for the life they took. Phat Nguyen was only 21 years old. He was a student with a full future ahead of him when he was subjected to a “crossover” ritual at the Pi Alpha Phi house. What happened in that basement on Stoddard Avenue was not an accident. It was a planned series of demeaning acts and coerced alcohol consumption that resulted in one death and the hospitalization of three…

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