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of Columbia : Bode and Grenier represented
the family of a 12 year-old boy who was sexually assaulted at
an overnight Summer camp owned and operated by the District of
Columbia . Suit was filed in the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia against the District and others
alleging civil rights violations (42 U.S.C. sec. 1983) and other
common law claims. Extensive discovery established that
numerous children at this camp were left unsupervised for extended
periods of time, and that other campers had been sexually assaulted. The
facts and circumstances of this case were the subject of a lead
article in The Legal Times. The family accepted a substantial
financial settlement. Suit on behalf of another young victim
was later filed in the U.S. District Court., and in June 2005, Bode & Grenier won a $550,000 federal jury verdict.
- Montgomery County, Maryland: Bode and Grenier represented
a college student against the Omega Psi Phi fraternity in a case alleging
that the defendant violently hazed him by, among other things,
beating him, whipping him, and holding a heat lamp to his face
to darken his skin because he was not deemed "black enough" to
gain admission to the fraternity. After several days
of trial, the jury entered a verdict of $375,000, compensating
client for his injuries and awarding punitive damages against
the fraternity. Client v. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
- Tennessee : "Jo Jo",
died following an evening of initiation by the Rho Psi Chapter
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at Tennessee State University . The
Firm represented Jo Jo's family in a suit against the
fraternity. Jo Jo was a minister to youth in his community, and
an honorably discharged Navy veteran who had been awarded the
National Medal of Honor. The surviving parents
obtained a substantial confidential financial settlement. Estate of Client v. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity et
al.
- Chip, a freshman high school student, was
hazed by older, stronger wrestlers in the school's locker room. On
numerous occasions Chip was forcibly held down and prodded on
the rectum with a broomstick by the perpetrator named "Pedro." These
incidents prompted students to humiliate plaintiff in the school
hallways with taunts that he "liked it up the butt," or
that he was gay. ABC 20/20 featured this incident in a
report on the increase in violent hazing in high schools. Mr. Fierberg represented Chip and negotiated a substantial
confidential settlement from the individual perpetrators and
the school. In addition, concessions were obtained from the
school designed to implement important changes in its codes of
conduct to prevent future harm to students. Client v. Stow-Monroe
Falls High School , et al.
- Bode and Grenier represented the plaintiff Jane Doe,
who was multiply raped at gunpoint in a local park. Jane and
defendant John Doe were classmates. In a civil suit, Jane
filed suit against John, claiming that evidence discovered after
the rape indicated that he had set her up to be sexually assaulted
by his friends. Jane also claimed that John's family had
used its wealth and resources to arrange for John to leave the
country and avoid suit before expiration of the statute of limitations. After
extensive pre-trial litigation and motions, the Firm located
John and served him with the complaint. Bode and Grenier
successfully opposed John’s motions to dismiss the litigation. Jane
obtained a substantial, confidential settlement shortly after
discovery in the case began. Jane Doe, a minor, v. John Doe.
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