Pullman Wrongful Death

WSU Freshman Sam Martinez Died of Alcohol Poisoning at an Alpha Tau Omega Hazing Ritual in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington — Hazing Wrongful Death Attorneys at Attorney911 Pursue the National Fraternity and the University That Knew of 70 Prior Interventions at the Chapter House and Did Nothing, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lead Counsel in the Active $10M+ Hazing Institutional-Liability Lawsuit, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, We Move to Preserve the Student-Conduct Records, Police Call Logs and Fraternity Communications Before They Are Purged, Washington’s Wrongful-Death Act and Anti-Hazing Statute With No Caps on Non-Economic Damages, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The 70 Interventions They Knew About: Fraternity Hazing Wrongful Death in Pullman If you are reading this page, you may be standing where Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez stood after losing their 19-year-old son Sam — a Washington State University freshman who died from alcohol poisoning at an Alpha Tau Omega fraternity hazing event in 2019. You may be a parent who searched for safety information about a fraternity and found nothing, the way Sam’s mother searched and found nothing. You may be learning, only after the worst has already happened, that the danger was documented — that authorities had intervened at that same chapter house nearly 70 times in the six years before your child died, and that the university and the national fraternity knew it at their highest leadership levels and did nothing effective to stop it. We are Attorney911. We are a trial firm that takes Washington wrongful-death and fraternity-hazing cases, working with local counsel and pro hac vice admission where required. We currently litigate a \$10 million hazing lawsuit against a university and a national fraternity — so the machinery of these cases, the defendant structures, the insurance towers, and the institutional excuses are not abstract…

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…

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…