Pullman, Washington

Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death Attorneys: When 19-Year-Old WSU Freshman Sam Martinez Died of Alcohol Poisoning After a Hazing Ritual in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, We Pursue the Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity and Washington State University That Knew of Nearly 70 Prior Misconduct Violations at the Chapter House and Failed to Protect Students, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Hazing Death Cases, We Move to Preserve the University Disciplinary Records, Fraternity Group Communications and Toxicology Reports Before They Disappear — the Statute of Limitations Is Running, Washington’s Wrongful-Death Act and the State’s Pure Comparative-Fault Rule That Allows Recovery Even When the Defense Tries to Blame the Victim for Voluntary Consumption, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases, the Federal Stop Campus Hazing Act and Clery Act Transparency Framework — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The 70 Warnings Nobody Acted On — Pullman, Whitman County, Washington Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death Lawyers You are reading this at the worst moment of your life, or someone else’s. Your son is gone, or your daughter is in the ICU, or you are a parent who just learned that the institution you trusted with your child knew about the danger and said nothing. You may have just read that the United States Senate passed the Stop Campus Hazing Act unanimously — a law the family of a 19-year-old Washington State University freshman helped push through Congress after their son died from acute alcohol poisoning at a fraternity hazing event in Pullman in November 2019. That law is a victory for the future. It does not touch what happened to your family. What happened to your family is the past — and the only tool the law gives you for the past is a lawsuit. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We take Washington wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases, working with local counsel where required. Ralph Manginello, our managing partner, has spent 27-plus years in courtrooms, including federal court, and is lead counsel in an active…

Hazing & Underage-Drinking Injuries at WSU Sigma Chi in Pullman, Washington: Attorney911 Pursues the National Fraternity, Chapter Officers and House Corporation Under Washington’s Sam’s Law, We Preserve GroupMe Chats and Social Media Footage Before They Auto-Destruct, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice (Avvo-Rated Excellent) and the Firm’s Active $10M+ Hazing Litigation, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How National Fraternities Value and Deny These Claims, Washington Bars Consent as a Defense to Coercive Pledging, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Pullman Fraternity Hazing: WSU Sigma Chi Sanctioned — Your Student’s Rights Under Washington’s Sam’s Law You just read that Sigma Chi lost its recognition at Washington State University for a year. Maybe your son or daughter was a pledge this past fall. Maybe they came home different — quieter, jumpy, ashamed of something they won’t talk about. Maybe you drove them to Pullman Regional Hospital at 3 a.m. for alcohol poisoning and were told it was “just college.” Maybe you are the student, reading this on your phone in a dorm room on College Hill, and you are starting to understand that what they did to you was not a tradition. It was a crime. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We are trial attorneys who take catastrophic-injury and wrongful-death cases, and right now we are actively litigating a hazing lawsuit — the kind of case that puts a fraternity and the institution behind it on trial. We know what hazing does to a person, because we have sat across the table from the families it broke. And we know what Washington law says about it, because the Washington legislature wrote it down in a statute named…

WSU Sigma Chi Hazing & Underage-Drinking Injury Attorneys: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Pullman, Washington — Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez v. Pi Kappa Phi Hazing Lawsuit, We Pursue Sigma Chi, Its National Fraternity and the Chapter House Corporation Behind Coercive Pledging and Hard Alcohol Served to Minors Without ID Checks, Washington’s Sam’s Law Expanded Hazing to Include Psychological Harm and Made Consent No Defense, We Secure the University Investigative File and Fraternity GroupMe and Discord Logs Before Witnesses Graduate and Leave Town, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Reality of Hazing at Washington State University If you are reading this page, you already know what happened. A student joined a fraternity at Washington State University looking for brotherhood and belonging. What that student got instead was something the university itself called hazing — a system of control where a new member was required to carry an object at all times under a threat the university described as a “fear of repercussions.” At the same time, the fraternity hosted a party where hard alcohol flowed freely to minors with no ID checks and no wristbands — the most basic safeguards any responsible host would use, simply absent. You may be that student. You may be a parent who found out and is now sitting at a kitchen table at 2 a.m., angry and frightened and unsure what to do. You may be a friend who watched someone change after pledging. Whoever you are, you need to hear three things before anything else. First: what you experienced — the fear, the coercion, the feeling that you had no choice but to comply — is a recognized psychological response to intimidation, not a personal weakness. The university’s own investigation named…

WSU & Alpha Tau Omega Hazing Wrongful Death Attorneys — Attorney911 Holds Institutions Accountable for the Lethal Alcohol Poisoning of Sam Martinez in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington — We Litigate the Landmark Special Relationship Duty of Care and the Washington Wrongful Death Act, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Trial Practice & Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Bermudez Hazing Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Institutional Liability Cases, We Secure Disciplinary Records and BAC Evidence Before the Overwrite, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Fatal Negligence Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Holding Universities Accountable for Fraternity Hazing in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington When a child leaves for college in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington, parents expect that Washington State University (WSU) will provide more than just an education—they expect a safe environment. For years, universities across the country have hidden behind the argument that what happens inside a fraternity house is beyond their control. A landmark ruling by the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, has just shattered that shield. The 2019 death of 19-year-old Sam Martinez, a freshman who died of acute alcohol poisoning during an Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) “Big Brother” party, has become the catalyst for a fundamental shift in Washington law. After years of litigation, the court determined that the university is not an innocent bystander. Because WSU maintains a “special relationship” with its recognized Greek organizations, it has an affirmative duty to protect students from the foreseeable harms of hazing and alcohol misuse. If you are facing a similar tragedy, you are likely hearing from university administrators and insurance adjusters who want to frame this as a “private choice” or a “tragic accident.” Our Washington trial team sees it differently. This was a failure of oversight, a…