Hazing victim family to get $3 million from Bowling’s University

• Foltz was found unresponsive in his residence during the fraternity gathering.
• Stone Foltz, 20, passed away on March 4, 2021,
• Foltz’s death was judged unintentional by the coroner’s office due to deadly alcohol consumption.

A settlement was struck with Bowling university, according to a statement made on Monday by the family of a Bowling Green State University Stone Foltz who passed away from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity in 2021.

According to a university inquiry, Stone, 20, passed away on March 4, 2021, during an off-campus fraternity initiation ceremony where he and fellow Pi Kappa Alpha pledges were each handed a bottle of alcohol and instructed to drink it all.

“The Foltz family and Bowling Green State University are forever impacted by the tragic death of Stone Foltz, “Foltz’s family and Bowling Green State University announced.

“This resolution keeps the Foltz family and BGSU community from reliving the tragedy for years to come in the courtroom and allows us to focus on furthering our shared mission of eradicating hazing in Ohio and across the nation. Leading these efforts in our communities is the real work that honours Stone.”

Foltz was discovered unresponsive in his residence by his roommate during the fraternity gathering and was not breathing when emergency personnel arrived. Three days after being admitted to the hospital, he passed away.

Foltz’s death was judged unintentional by the coroner’s office due to deadly alcohol consumption with a blood alcohol level of 0.35, which is more than four times the legal limit.

In 2022, the Foltz family sued the institution, requesting a minimum of $50,000 in damages.

 

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The family will receive close to $3 million from the institution as part of the settlement, according to the Associated Press. This is in addition to the more than $7 million in payments that the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and individuals involved in the hazing made to Folz’s family, according to the Associated Press.

Eight former members of the fraternity who were engaged in the incident were accused of hazing, involuntary manslaughter, and tampering with evidence in Foltz’s death. They were all either found guilty or entered guilty pleas to a variety of offences, ranging from hazing to delivering alcohol to a juvenile to reckless homicide.

Bowling Green State University and Foltz’s family have stated that they will endeavour to address and put a stop to hazing on college campuses across the US as part of the settlement announced on Monday.

According to its website, the IamStoneFoltz foundation was established by Foltz’s parents with the goal of “educating both parents and kids about the perils of hazing.”

Since the incident, Bowling Green State University has recruited a coordinator to prevent hazing and put policies in place to make it simpler for students to report hazing to the institution. Additionally, Ohio established a new state law strengthening the criminal penalties for hazing.

According to the AP, the university also expelled Pi Kappa Alpha and said that it would never again be recognised on campus.

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