Louisiana Personal Injury

Jul 3, 2026

Hazing Wrongful Death of Caleb Wilson, 20-Year-Old Southern University Engineering Junior and Human Jukebox Trumpeter, After Boxing-Glove Strikes to the Chest at a Baton Rouge Warehouse Where Fraternity Members Changed His Clothes and Lied About a Basketball Collapse — Attorney911 Pursues Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and Every Member Behind the Ritual, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez Fraternity Hazing Lawsuit, We Secure the Warehouse Surveillance and Group-Chat Forensics Before the 30-Day Overwrite, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Fraternity’s Carrier Will Set Reserves and Deny, Louisiana’s Max Gruver Act Imposes Civil Liability on Organizations When Hazing Causes Death, 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 What Louisiana Law Can Do About It If you are reading this page, your family has been shattered. Maybe your son or brother or grandson was killed in a fraternity ritual that was supposed to be about brotherhood and turned into something deadly. Maybe you are sitting in a house in Baton Rouge, or somewhere across Louisiana, trying to understand how a 20-year-old mechanical engineering student — a trumpet player in one of the most famous marching bands in the country — ended up dead after a night that was supposed to be about joining something bigger than himself. You are in the right place. Not because anything on this page will bring him back, but because what happened was not an accident, and what happens next is not automatic. Here is what we know happened in Baton Rouge on February 27, 2025. A 20-year-old student at Southern University and A&M College was participating in a pledging ritual for a fraternity. He and eight other pledges were taken to an off-campus commercial warehouse — a flooring company’s space — where the ritual involved being punched in the chest…

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Jul 3, 2026

Southern University Hazing Death of Caleb Wilson | Baton Rouge, Louisiana Wrongful Death Attorneys: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Fraternity Rituals That Turn Fatal, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, We Pursue the National Fraternity Organizations, Local Chapters and Warehouse Property Owners Behind the Boxing-Glove Chest Punches That Killed a 20-Year-Old Student, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Fraternity CGL Carriers Value and Deny These Claims, We Move to Preserve Phone Records, Warehouse Surveillance Footage and Autopsy Findings Before the Cover-Up Erases Them, Louisiana’s Max Gruver Act Makes Hazing a Felony and the State’s Wrongful-Death Doctrine Holds Every Participant Accountable, Millions Recovered in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Baton Rouge Hazing Death That Was Not an Accident — It Was a Crime Your phone rang and the world broke. A son, a brother, a friend — 20 years old, a student at Southern University — went to a fraternity ritual and did not come home. The first calls from the people who were there probably did not tell you the truth. The first story was almost certainly wrong about where it happened, what happened, and who was responsible. That is not a coincidence. That is the playbook, and it is as old as Greek life itself. You are reading this at an hour when most people are asleep because grief does not keep business hours. We know that. We keep a line open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, staffed by live people — not an answering service — because the families who find us are never calling at a convenient time. What we can tell you right now, before anything else, is this: what happened to your family member was not an accident, was not a tradition gone wrong, and was not his fault. It was a crime. Louisiana law says so. And the…

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Jul 3, 2026

Max Gruver Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death Attorneys: Attorney911 Pursues Phi Delta Theta International and Its Local Chapter Behind the Bible Study Forced-Drinking Ritual That Killed an LSU Freshman at 0.495% Blood-Alcohol, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Case, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How Greek-Letter Insurers Set Reserves and Invoke Hazing Exclusions, We Preserve the GroupMe Texts, Chapter Safety Audits and Toxicology Results Before They Disappear, Louisiana’s Wrongful-Death and Survival-Action Doctrine Under Its Pure Comparative-Negligence Rule, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases Serving Hazing-National Fraternity Hazing Families — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Death That Proved the Policy Was Paper: Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death in Louisiana If you are reading this page, someone you love may not be coming home from college. Maybe it happened days ago. Maybe you are still waiting for answers from a university that promised safety and delivered a phone call instead. You are sitting at a kitchen table at an hour when no one should be awake, searching for something — anything — that explains how a teenager walking onto a campus in August ends up on a coroner’s table by September. We are writing this page for you. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are a trial firm that takes hazing wrongful death cases in Louisiana and across the country, working with local counsel where required. Our lead attorney, Ralph Manginello, has spent 27-plus years in courtrooms, including federal court, and before he was a lawyer he was a journalist — which means he learned early that the truth is not delivered, it is uncovered. Our associate, Lupe Peña, spent years inside a national insurance-defense firm — the rooms where adjusters and their software decide how to deny, delay, and devalue claims…

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Jul 3, 2026

Caleb Wilson’s Hazing Death in Baton Rouge — 20-Year-Old Southern University Pledge Punched With Boxing Gloves Until He Collapsed and Seized While No One Called 911 — Attorney911 Holds the National Fraternity and Its Local Chapter, We Pursue the Organization That Empowered Its Dean of Pledges and the Warehouse Owner Who Enabled the Hazing, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, We Preserve the Hospital Surveillance Footage and Suspect Communications Before the 30-Day Overwrite, Louisiana’s Max Gruver Act and Wrongful-Death Doctrine, Millions Recovered in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Death of Caleb Wilson: A 20-Year-Old Southern University Student, a Warehouse, and the Call No One Made If you are reading this page, your family has been destroyed by something that should never have happened. Your son went to college. He joined a fraternity. He was beaten in a ritual, and no one picked up a phone. You are learning that the people who killed him tried to hide what they did before they tried to save him. And right now, while you are still burying your child, the national fraternity’s lawyers are already drawing a line between “a few rogue members” and the organization whose name is on the letters on the sweatshirt your son was so proud to wear. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm. We are a trial firm that takes Louisiana wrongful-death and catastrophic-injury cases, and we are currently litigating a hazing wrongful-death and injury case against Pi Kappa Phi and the University of Houston — a case led by our managing partner, Ralph Manginello. We know this fight because we are already in it. Here is what we know about what happened in Baton Rouge, what the law allows your family to…

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Jul 2, 2026

Caleb Wilson Hazing Wrongful Death at Southern University, Baton Rouge: Attorney911 Pursues Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Full Greek-Life Liability Chain, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How National Fraternity Carriers Value and Deny These Claims, We Move to Preserve GroupMe Messages, Pledge Books, the Full Autopsy and Toxicology Before Evidence Is Wiped, Louisiana’s Wrongful-Death Act and One-Year Prescription Period Leave No Time to Wait, 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 Wrongful Death: What the Caleb Wilson Law Means for Your Family and How Louisiana Law Holds Fraternities Accountable If you are reading this page, your family has been shattered. A son, a brother, a grandson — a young person who went to Southern University to build a future — is gone. He died because people he trusted as brothers put him through something that has killed young people on Louisiana campuses before and will kill again unless someone forces the truth into the open. We are Attorney911, and we are writing to you — the mother, the father, the aunt, the grandparent — at the moment you need to understand three things at once: what the new law means, what your legal rights actually are under Louisiana law, and why the clock on those rights is already running. We want to tell you something first, before any law or any strategy. What happened to Caleb Wilson at Southern University in February 2025 is not something he caused. It is not something he consented to. It is not something he should have prevented. A pledge in a fraternity initiation is in a relationship of trust with the organization…

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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…

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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…

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Jul 2, 2026

Caddo Deputy Shooting & Civil Battery Representation in Shreveport — Attorney911 and Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice Hold At-Fault Parties Accountable for Firearm Violence, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Injury Cases, We Secure Bodycam Footage and Ballistics Evidence Before the Preservation Clock Expires, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Victims & Millions in Catastrophic Harm — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana Daycare Abuse: Protecting Your Child’s Future and Privacy You trusted them with the most precious part of your life. When that trust is shattered by allegations of abuse or systemic neglect at a facility like BrightPath Daycare, the pain is not just physical—it is a total betrayal. We know you are reading this in a moment of deep crisis, perhaps while your child is struggling with the aftermath of trauma or while you are hearing terrifying news about a revived hazing lawsuit. At Attorney911, we believe the moment you realize your child was failed is the moment the failure stops. We are a trial firm that takes catastrophic injury and child-injury cases in Louisiana. We understand that in cases involving minor victims, the fight is twofold: we must pursue every dollar of accountability from the corporation, and we must fiercely protect your child’s identity and privacy through the legal process. Your Immediate Questions Answered Can I sue a daycare for an employee’s criminal acts? Yes. Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 2320, employers are answerable for the damage occasioned by their servants in the exercise of the functions in which they are employed. While a corporation will…

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Jul 2, 2026

Fatal Fraternity Hazing & Omega Psi Phi Wrongful Death Investigations — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Louisiana, Firm Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, We Pursue National Organizations for Negligent Supervision and Unauthorized Rituals, Under the Max Gruver Act Doctrine Consent Is No Defense for Harm, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Attorney Who Targets the Claims Machine, We Secure Internal Communications and Autopsy Evidence Before the One-Year Prescription Window, Millions Recovered for Bereaved Families — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Justice for Louisiana Families After a Fatal Fraternity Hazing We are writing this because your life has just been shattered. You sent your son to a university in Louisiana with the promise that he would find a brotherhood, a community, and a future. Instead, that “brotherhood” became a violent ritual that took his life. You are likely sitting in a quiet room now, surrounded by police reports and overwhelming grief, wondering how a Georgia-based national organization could let this happen in a local Louisiana chapter. At Attorney911, we are the Legal Emergency Lawyers™. We do not just handle cases; we move into the crisis with you. Our senior trial team, led by Ralph Manginello and Lupe Peña, works to hold entire institutions accountable for the “Contract of Safety” they broke. When a fraternity pledge dies during an unauthorized initiation, it is not an accident. It is the result of a systemic failure of oversight, from the local chapter officers up to the national headquarters. If your family is living through this nightmare, you need to know that the clock in Louisiana is already ticking. You have a very short window to act, and the fraternity’s insurance lawyers are already building…

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Jul 2, 2026

Shreveport Caddo Parish Deputy Shooting & Wrongful Death Attorneys — Attorney911 & Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez Case, We Litigate Wrongful Death & Survival Actions for Gunshot Fatalities, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Underestimates Fatal Injury Reserves, We Secure Ballistics and Forensic Evidence Before the Investigation Window Closes, Louisiana’s One-Year Prescriptive Period is Running, Millions Recovered in Fatal Injury Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Tragedy in Shreveport: When “Tradition” Becomes a Death Sentence The news of the criminal charges against a former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader in the death of a student hits close to home for every parent in Shreveport. When a child leaves Caddo Parish for college, we expect they are moving toward a future, not being led into a ritual that ends in a coffin. At Attorney911, we have spent decades standing between families in crisis and the institutions that try to dismiss these deaths as “accidents” or “choices.” A hazing death is never a simple accident. It is a catastrophic failure of a duty of care, often involving forced consumption, physical exhaustion, or exposure—all hallmarks of rituals that were banned by law years ago but continue in the shadows. When a fraternity leader is charged criminally, it confirms what we already know: there was a level of culpability that crosses into gross negligence. If your family is dealing with the unthinkable, you aren’t just fighting for answers; you are fighting a multi-million-dollar corporate machine. National fraternities are businesses, and they have spent years building walls to keep themselves from being held responsible for what happens in their local…

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