Walk It Through: The Initiation
Hazing at a college, care given without pay, and a group that is strictly liable.
A living group at a university tells new residents to go through a night of hazing to stay.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One living group at a university. What a school does about a recognized group, the definitions in the chapter, and other crimes committed along the way are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Emergency careCare rendered at the scene of an emergency without compensation or the expectation of it. The person who gives it is not liable for civil damages, other than for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
- MisconductA reason for discharge or suspension connected with the work that disqualifies a claimant for ten calendar weeks, and until earning ten times the weekly benefit amount.
- Gross misdemeanorThe crime level between a misdemeanor and a felony, punishable by up to three hundred sixty four days in jail, a fine up to five thousand dollars, or both.
- HazingIntentional hazing of another by a student or other person in attendance at a college, university or other postsecondary institution. It is a gross misdemeanor, and a class C felony if it causes substantial bodily harm.