Louisiana Personal Injury

Southern University Wrongful Death & the Fatal Hazing of Caleb Wilson — Attorney911 Pursues National Fraternities for Institutional Liability Following Not-Guilty Pleas in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Boxing Ritual, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Trial Practice and Active $10M+ Hazing Case Authority, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values Student Death Claims, We Litigate the Max Gruver Act and Secure GroupMe Logs Before Digital Spoliation and the One-Year Prescription Clock, Millions Recovered for Bereaved Families — 1-888-ATTY-911, Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español

Justice for Southern University Hazing Victims: The Fight Beyond the Criminal Courtroom The news that five suspects in the death of Caleb Wilson have entered “not guilty” pleas in a Baton Rouge courtroom is a procedural step that often feels like a second blow to a grieving family. In the criminal justice system, these pleas are a standard formality, but in the world of civil accountability, they change nothing about the facts. A twenty-year-old student, a Kenner native with his whole life ahead of him, is gone because of a “boxing” ritual that should never have happened. At Attorney911, we know that while the district attorney pursues prison time, the civil justice system is the only place where a family can demand full financial accountability from the institutions that allowed this culture to fester. The university may have expelled the fraternity, but administrative punishment does not account for the loss of a son’s love, affection, and future. If you are dealing with the aftermath of a student organization tragedy, the window to act in Louisiana is smaller than almost anywhere else in the country. We work to freeze evidence, pierce corporate shells, and ensure that those who profited from a…

Caleb Wilson Fatal Southern University Hazing Homicide & Wrongful Death Attorneys — Attorney911 & Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish County, Louisiana, Lead Counsel in Active $10M+ Hazing Litigation, We Hold National Fraternities and Institutions Liable for Commotio Cordis and Blunt Force Battery, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows the Claims Machine, Louisiana Max Gruver Act and Wrongful Death Doctrine, Millions Recovered for Bereaved Families — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Reality of Hazing Homicide at Southern University When a family in Baton Rouge sends a child to Southern University, they are trusting the institution and its student organizations with that child’s future. Caleb Wilson was a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student and a member of the legendary Human Jukebox marching band. His life was cut short on February 26, 2025, not by a random accident, but by a violent, structured ritual disguised as a “meeting.” Police and coroners have confirmed that Caleb’s death was a homicide. During an “underground” meeting of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity at a local warehouse, pledges were subjected to repeated blunt-force battery. Fraternity members took turns punching the young men in the chest while wearing boxing gloves. Caleb collapsed after several strikes and died at the hospital. The tragedy is compounded by a documented cover-up. Reports show that before dropping Caleb off at an emergency room, the participants changed his clothes and falsely told medical staff he was injured while playing basketball at a park. This level of deception does more than hide a crime—it delays life-saving medical care and is a central issue in the wrongful death claim lawyer process we move through with…

Lower 9th Ward Wrongful Death & Illegal Party House Shooting: Attorney911 Holds the Owners of 2031 St. Maurice Street for Operating an Unpermitted Event Space with a History of Violence—Kenneth Smith Jr., 15, Shot After Leaving the Property—Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Attorney Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values These Cases, We Preserve Surveillance Footage and Social Media Ads Before They Disappear, Louisiana’s Wrongful-Death Act and Comparative-Fault Rule, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Fatal Cases—Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

We Meet You in the Kitchen If you are reading this, you have already survived the thing no parent should have to survive. Your child walked out the door and did not come back. You are reading this because the loss is still in the room — every hour, every morning, every time you walk past the place his jacket used to hang — and because you are trying to answer a question that no parent should have to answer: how could this happen, and who is going to be held responsible. Your son was 15. He was new to New Orleans. The family had moved from Georgia only a few months before, and he was working over the summer, doing what 15-year-olds do when they are new in a city and somebody hands them an invitation. He went to a party at a house on St. Maurice Avenue in the Lower 9th Ward. The party was the kind of party the neighborhood already knew about — neighbors had been complaining about it for years. Two teenagers had already been killed in a mass shooting at the same address in 2022. The house had no permit to operate as an…