TOLEDO, Ohio
The parents of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge who died from alcohol poisoning after an alleged hazing ritual in March filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the fraternity and several of its members.
Stone Foltz, who was joining the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Bowling Green State University, and other pledges were blindfolded, taken into a basement and forced to drink to an entire bottle of alcohol equivalent to about 40 shots, according to the lawsuit.
Foltz finished the bottle in as little as 18 minutes, and members of the fraternity took him to his apartment, where a roommate found him unconscious, the complaint said. He died three days later.
Efforts to Weed Out Extremists in Law Enforcement Meet Resistance
Oregon, California, Minnesota, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., are seeking to give law enforcement agencies more power to exclude officers with ties to extremist groups.
Police officers in Portland, Ore., in November. The state is considering a bill that would allow potential officers to be screened more closely.Credit.Mason Trinca for The New York Times
May 11, 2021
In the battle to stamp out extremism from the ranks of the police, lawmakers from California to Minnesota have proposed solutions they thought were straightforward.
Some laws would empower the police to do more robust background checks of recruits, letting them vet social media to make sure new officers were not members of hate groups. Other laws would make it easier for departments to fire officers with ties to extremists.
Stone Foltz s family files lawsuit against fraternity over alleged hazing death
Eight current or former members of the fraternity were indicted in April on charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to hazing. Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 4:38 PM EDT May 11, 2021
The parents of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a fraternity and some of its members over his alleged hazing death.
The civil lawsuit was filed in Franklin County Common Pleas on Tuesday.
“By filing a civil complaint on behalf of Stone Foltz and the Foltz family, we are doing what is necessary to hold the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity, the local fraternity chapter, and individuals accountable for their behavior that led to Stone Foltz’s death, attorney Rex Elliot said.
PCAF announces Paulus-Iler Scholarship recipients Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:39 PM
PAULDING – Virginia Paulus, a long-time supporter and former board of
director of the Paulding County Area Foundation funded a scholarship
administered by the Paulding County Area Foundation which is available
to university/college students entering their junior year or third year
of studies at an Ohio university/college.
The scholarship was
designed by Paulus to help students who graduated from Paulding High
School. The 2021 awardees include Jaret Miller, attending the University
of Findlay majoring in Early Childhood Education and Sydney Price,
attending Bowling Green State University majoring in Inclusive Early
Childhood Education.
Foltz family files wrongful death suit in Franklin County
By Marie Thomas-Baird - mthomas@aimmediamidwest.com
COLUMBUS The law firm representing the family of Stone Foltz has filed a civil lawsuit in Franklin County.
Cooper Elliott, who represents the Foltz family, on Tuesday filed a civil complaint in Franklin County Common Pleas Court seeking damages for the wrongful death of Foltz.
Foltz, a sophomore at the Bowling Green State University, died in March from alcohol poisoning after excessive drinking, allegedly at an off-campus fraternity event. He was a 2019 Buckeye Valley High School graduate.
The family is asking for minimum compensatory damages of $25,000 for each claim; however, the family will seek a judgment substantially more at trial.