More than five years after the tragic death of 19-year-old Sam Martinez at a fraternity event, the Washington Court of ...
Washington State University owed a “duty of care” to Sam Martinez, a student who died in a 2019 fraternity hazing incident, a ...
Appellate judges this week reversed an earlier dismissal and instead ruled that Washington State University could be held legally responsible for not helping protect a student who died during a hazing ...
Sam Martinez from Bellevue died of alcohol poisoning while pledging a WSU-recognized fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega.
WSU argued in court records that because the illegal hazing happened at ATO's off-campus house, it wasn't responsible. The ...