Pam and Robert Gerald Champion, the parents of Robert Champion, light candles during a vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of their son's death, at the Community Achievement Center in Decatur, Ga., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Authorities have charged more than a dozen fellow band members in the death of Champion, a Florida A&M drum major who died after being beaten during a hazing ritual. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)
Attorneys are going before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski on Wednesday, claiming that Robert Champions' fatal injuries were the result of his agreeing to participate in hazing.
Champion's parents filed a lawsuit contending university officials did not take action to stop hazing even though a school dean proposed suspending the famed Marching 100 band just days before their son died. The lawsuit also alleges that school officials fell short in enforcing anti-hazing policies.
Champion's parents rejected a $300,000 settlement offer from the university earlier this month.
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