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Regarding deaths that were linked to fraternity hazing or to fraternity sponsored “social events,” 2019 was the deadliest year in the past decade. In today’s post, our fraternity hazing lawyer gives a year-end recap of fraternity hazing practices that led to the needless deaths of 8 young men.

Two Workers Killed at Pasadena Chemical Plant Two employees of Quala, a bulk container cleaning company, are dead after a middle of the night incident on December 28, 2019. The incident occurred after midnight on the grounds of what is being described by officials as a Pasadena chemical transportation plant, located in Harris County. A considerable amount of confusion surrounds the incident at this time. What is known is that an employee at the site of the Pasadena chemical plant…

Two Workers Dead at Pasadena, Texas Tanker Washing Facility Early Reports Indicate That Workers Were Overcome By Toxic Fumes According to early information provided via Twitter, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reporting that two workers have been killed at a tanker truck and railroad tanker car cleaning business in Pasadena. The accident occurred at the former Alpha Technical Services (ATS) “Express Services” tank cleaning facility at 5100 Underwood Road near West Fairmont Parkway around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday,…

Hazing Incidents On Rise at College Sororities Here at The Doan Law Firm, we maintain an in-house database that tracks published reports of college fraternity suspensions over infractions related to hazing, alcohol/drug abuse and other types of fraternity misconduct. Although we have previously limited our database to incidents involving fraternities, we have recently noted that an increasing number of sororities have become the targets of misconduct investigations conducted by their hosts schools and/or their national sorority headquarters. In today’s post,…

Explosion, Fire Prompt Evacuations in Midland, Texas Neighborhood An explosion and fire in southeastern Midland (TX) has sent clouds of thick, black smoke billowing several hundred feet into the air and forced local emergency management officials to order a precautionary evacuation of the area inside a quarter-mile radius of the intersection of Cloverdale and South Fairground Roads. Local officials report that such orders are routinely issued following fires involving unknown petrochemicals but that, at this time, no significant release of…