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The suit names Pi Kappa Alpha and 10 people involved in the alleged hazing.
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Lawsuit filed in alleged fraternity hazing death
A parents’ wrongful death lawsuit was filed against an Ohio college fraternity after a student died from alcohol poisoning. Courtesy Foltz family
The parents of an Ohio college sophomore who died from alcohol poisoning following an alleged fraternity hazing ritual in March has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and several of its members.
Stone Foltz, 20, died March 7 after a Pi Kappa Alpha event on March 4 at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, about 20 miles south of Toledo.
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The family of a Bowling Green State University student who died in March after an alleged hazing incident filed a lawsuit against the fraternity and several of its members on Tuesday.
Stone Foltz, 20, died of alcohol poisoning after a pledge event at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the university in Ohio.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Foltz’s parents states that Foltz and other pledges were each forced to drink to an entire bottle of alcohol equivalent to about 40 shots – which Foltz finished in about 18 minutes, FOX8 Cleveland reported.
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.
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.
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.