Bowling Green State Settles Hazing Death Lawsuit for Nearly $3 Million
The settlement is the largest payout by a public university in a hazing case in the state of Ohio.
The settlement is the largest payout by a public university in a hazing case in the state of Ohio.
About 55% of college students involved in campus organizations experience hazing and 40% report suffering significant negative effects.
Tim’s Law, inspired by the tragic hazing death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, has been enacted in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Neither fraternity will be permitted to return to campus for four years.
Prosecutors have been contacting the students and asking them to turn themselves in since many returned home for summer break.
After six weeks in the ICU and seven months in rehab, Danny Santulli is home with his family but is blind and unable to walk or talk.
As part of an agreement with the state and in consultation with the victim’s family, the former student won’t serve time behind bars.
One complaint alleges pledges’ property was destroyed and they were forced to sleep in vomit-covered sheets.
Institutions of higher education can ban, expel or refuse to recognize a problematic student organization, but that doesn’t mean the issues associated with that group will magically go away.
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