Caleb Wilson’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of Caleb Jayden Wilson, a 20-year-old junior at Southern University and A&M College, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following his death on February 27, 2025. The lawsuit, filed by The Fierberg National Law Group and Laborde Earles Law Firm, names Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., two of its local chapters, fraternity members, and Southern University as defendants. One of the attorneys representing the Wilson family is Jonathan N. Fazzola, who served as lead counsel in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Max Gruver, an LSU student who died after a hazing incident in 2017. The Gruver family was awarded a $6.1 million verdict. “Caleb’s death was not an accident. It was the result of reckless and dangerous hazing practices that Omega Psi Phi and others knew about, ignored, and allowed to persist,” said attorneys for the Wilson family, Jonathon Fazzola, who also represented the Gruver family in their wrongful death case after their son, Max, died in 2017 following a hazing incident at Louisiana State University, and Rob Marionneaux. “This lawsuit is about accountability and ending a culture of secrecy and abuse that has destroyed too many lives.”