Civil Litigation
Mar. 6, 2018
Unusual ruling: national fraternity can’t duck out of trial over hazing
A state court judge has ruled against the national chapter of a fraternity, saying it can’t shed its negligence in a 2014 hazing death at a local chapter.
In what's considered a rare decision, a state court judge has ruled against the national chapter of a fraternity, saying it couldn't shed its negligence in a 2014 hazing death involving a local chapter.
Those issues will now go to trial after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ralph C. Hofer on Friday denied defendant Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, ruling the national chapter had a special relations...
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