The lawyer for the family of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, who was killed in a hazing incident in Orlando last year, filed a lawsuit Monday against Fabulous Coach Lines on his clients' behalf.

According to the lawsuit, Champion's family is suing the bus company for damages in excess of $15,000.

Champion was found injured Nov. 19 on one of Fabulous Coach Lines buses in the parking lot of the Rosen Centre hotel on International Drive. He later died as a result of blunt force trauma from hazing, authorities said.

The family's attorney, Chris Chestnut, says bus company managers knew that band members conducted hazing rituals on buses after football games but did nothing to stop them.

"We don’t want to stop the music, we want to stop the hazing," Chesnut said at the press conference. Chesnut said the Champion family wants answers and that's the main focus of the lawsuit.

Chestnut also says the bus driver on the night of Champion's death stood guard outside the bus while the drum major was being hazed.

He said they don't know the extent of the bus driver's involvement, but that the bus driver knew about the hazing as it was going on.

"This bus company embraced the culture of hazing," Chesnut said. "Robert Champion was not the only person being hazed on that bus that night."

Chesnut said the hazing ritual was called "Crossing Bus C where band members must run to the back of the bus while being hit and kicked. If you fall, you must go back up to the front and start again, Chesnut said.

During this ritual, Chesnut said the driver purposely parked in a dark corner and left the bus running.

Champion was also subjected to another hazing ritual called the "hot seat", where a pillowcase is put over band members' heads and they must answer questions correctly to breathe resulting in his body being exposed to an unbearable amount of trauma, Chesnut said.

Champion tried to get off the bus because he was vomiting. Chesnut said he was then put back on the bus and the bus driver was standing there. The bus driver forced Champion back on the bus after he threw up, according to the lawsuit.

Ray Land, the owner of Fabulous Coach Lines, didn't immediately respond to phone and email messages.

But he told The Associated Press last year that the bus driver was helping students unload their instruments when Champion collapsed.

Chesnut said they hope to start the lawsuit process within the next 90 days.

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