SEATTLE — More than five years after the tragic death of 19-year-old Sam Martinez at a fraternity event, the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of his family, allowing their case to ...

Martinez's parents, Jolayne Houtz and Hector ... because I think it would have saved him." A result of Sam's family's advocacy, the Washington Legislature passed a law that increased the penalty ...

Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez died of acute alcohol poisoning ... "Extremely important," says the family's attorney, Jon Fazzola. "This is one of the clearest and in my opinion ...

Sam Martinez, a 19-year-old freshman from Bellevue, died from acute alcohol poisoning during a fraternity event at Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) in November 2019. Body camera footage and police ...

Washington State University owed a “duty of care” to Sam Martinez, a student who died in a 2019 fraternity hazing incident, a state appeals court ruled this week. A 19-year-old freshman from ...

The Washington Court of Appeals has ruled that Washington State University (WSU) potentially bears some responsibility for the 2019 hazing death of student Sam ... Martinez's death. His family ...

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 ...