Ohio State announces new settlement program for survivors in remaining Strauss cases
Program follows two previous settlements in 2020
The Ohio State University announced today that it is offering a new individual settlement program for eligible survivors in cases involving the abuses of Richard Strauss.
The university previously reached settlement agreements with 185 survivors in 17 lawsuits, totaling $46.7 million. The average settlement value per survivor in the previous agreements, terms of which were announced in May and October 2020, was $252,551. Through the new Strauss Individual Settlement Program, the university is committed to providing an average settlement amount of up to $252,551 to individual survivors involved in five of the active cases against Ohio State. Individual settlement amounts will vary and be determined by an independent administrator. Similar to the previous settlements, the program offers tiered compensation on an individual basis depending on the natur
Ohio State University law student Candace Milner said there is no reason Columbus police should be on campus. We have a duty to stand up, speak out, Milner told other Ohio State law students during a sit-in Friday demanding that the university sever its ties with Columbus police over alleged police brutality against the Black community, and that it support a request for a federal investigation of the Columbus police.
About 40 law students and others had gathered by 1 p.m. for the sit-in on the second floor of Drinko Hall in front of the door to the office of the law school s dean.
23 Apr 2021
Hundreds of students at Ohio State University gathered on Wednesday inside the school’s Student Union, where they demanded the university sever ties with Columbus Police over Tuesday’s shooting of knife-wielding teen Ma’Khia Bryant.
“Say her name. Ma’Khia Bryant. Say her name,” the students repeated over and over again during their protest, according to a report by
the Columbus Dispatch.
The protesters also demanded that the university sever its ties with the Columbus Division of Police, after ones of its officers fatally shot 16-year-old Bryant, who, at the time of the shooting, could be seen wielding a knife while lunging at another girl, according to the body cam video later released by the agency.