A Columbus magistrate has recommended a $6.5M payout to the estate of Stone Foltz, a sophomore at BGSU who died in 2021 of alcohol poisoning after hazing.
The award, recommended by Common Pleas Court Magistrate Jennifer Hunt, is much less than the $88M requested by Foltz’s family, but state capping limited the family’s compensation.
“To say that [Foltz’s family] have been in a waking nightmare since March 4, 2021, would not do justice to what this family has been through and will continue to endure,” Hunt wrote following the recommendation.
If approved by judges, the award would come out of the pocket of Daylen Dunson, president of the Delta Beta chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the time of Foltz’s death. The other parties in the case, including BGSU and the Pi Kappa Alpha, settled for a combined $11.4 million, leaving Dunson as the last defendant.
![The parents of Stone Foltz, Shari and Cory, sit with their legal team, as the final defendant in their son's hazing death didn't appear in court. [Feb. 29, 2024]](https://bgfalconmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1392-1200x900.jpg)
