April 15, 2026
The Third Circuit declined Wednesday to reinstate Pennsylvania State University and its ex-football coach in a hazing lawsuit filed by a former player, ruling a Title IX claim cannot survive because the alleged harassment was not based on the plaintiff's sex.
December 08, 2021
A former Pennsylvania State University football player hasn't given a good reason to appeal his dismissed hazing claims against the university and coach James Franklin while the lawsuit is still pending, a federal judge said in an order Tuesday slamming the plaintiff's "allergy to case law."
September 27, 2021
Pennsylvania State University and football Coach James Franklin have once again dodged, for good this time, a former football player's claims that he was sexually harassed and hazed during his 10 months on the team, after a Pennsylvania federal judge tossed the claims with prejudice.
October 05, 2020
Pennsylvania State University and its head football coach slipped some of a former football player's hazing-related claims in federal court, where a judge ruled that the player wasn't harassed or retaliated against because of his sex.
March 17, 2020
Pennsylvania State University has told a federal court it wasn't liable in a freshman football player's hazing lawsuit in part because the teammates who allegedly harassed him and sexually assaulted him were the same age as the plaintiff and didn't meet the definition of "hazing" under state law.
January 14, 2020
A former Pennsylvania State University football player is suing the school, saying that his former teammates sexually hazed him and others, threatening to "Sandusky" him, and that the college and head coach James Franklin did nothing after learning about the incidents.