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Family of LSU student Max Gruver awarded $6.1 million in damages over hazing death.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:38 pm
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BATON ROUGE - A jury awarded the family of Max Gruver, an 18-year-old LSU freshman who died of alcohol poisoning less than 12 hours after a Phi Delta Theta hazing incident, was awarded $6.1 million in damages for their son's death, according to The Advocate.
The newspaper reported that Gruver's parents, Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver, won their wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday.
The panel of five men and three women decided Gruver's parents should receive $6 million for their son's death and another $100,000 for the pain Gruver suffered during and after the fraternity's hazing.
Gruver participated in Phi Delta Theta's "Bible Study" event, a hazing ritual in which fraternity members would quiz pledges on the history of the fraternity and force them to drink high-volume alcohol known as Diesel when they answered incorrectly, The Advocate said. An affidavit showed that Gruver was unfairly targeted during the event.
Gruver had a blood-alcohol level of .495 when he died. “This definitely sends a message to would-be hazers across the country to take pause and think about what you’re doing,” Gruver’s father, Stephen, said outside the courtroom moments after the verdict, according to The Advocate. “Think about the dangers of hazing, think about how it can harm people and how you’ll be held accountable.”
Gruver family awarded $6.1 million
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:40 pm to Breauxsif
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The panel of five men and three women decided Gruver's parents should receive $6 million for their son's death and another $100,000 for the pain Gruver suffered during and after the fraternity's hazing.
Receive $6.1 mil from whom?
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:42 pm to LNCHBOX
Probably the university and the national fraternity.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:42 pm to LNCHBOX
Did they sue the Fraternity or LSU?
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:44 pm to LNCHBOX
somebody's insurance company
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:44 pm to LNCHBOX
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Receive $6.1 mil from whom?
I've wondered this exact thing, and sadly...probably from no one but you can bet your arse that attorney will put it on a billboard.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:44 pm to Play_Neck
At least they better hope their liability policy covers that
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:45 pm to LNCHBOX
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Receive $6.1 mil from whom?
That's what I want to know as well. Only deep pocket indirectly is LSU, can't see how Phi Delta Zeta has that amount without filing bankruptcy, maybe their liability policy.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:45 pm to Broyota2
Surely both. But the article should have pointed that out, which of course it did not.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:45 pm to LNCHBOX
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Receive $6.1 mil from whom?
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The jury found Isto was 2% at fault for Gruver's death, which means the family will receive roughly $122,000 after the trial, in addition to the settlements they reached. It's not clear what those amounts are; in December, the plaintiffs struck an $875,000 settlement with LSU, a university spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
From the embedded advocate article.
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The Gruvers sued LSU, Phi Delta Theta, and multiple fraternity members over their sons death. By the time of the civil trial this week, they had reached settlements with all defendants accept fraternity member Ryan Matthew Isto and his insurance company.
This post was edited on 3/9/23 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:46 pm to Broyota2
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Did they sue the Fraternity or LSU?
Just absolutely atrocious reporting. 6.1 mil awarded and they don’t take the time to tell you from which entity/institution. BR media is a joke.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:46 pm to Breauxsif
Wonder if Ben Wynne's family sued, and if so, what they got?
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:48 pm to Breauxsif
You never haze with alcohol. The no drinking was the punishment.
But Gruver participated so he should hold responsibility as well.
But Gruver participated so he should hold responsibility as well.
This post was edited on 3/9/23 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:49 pm to Breauxsif
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was awarded $6.1 million in damages for their son's death
Good.
Hazing is nothing more than bullying and is repulsive. I always ran with popular crowds dating back to high school and not once did I bully the weak or condone it of my friends. Sociopaths do that shite.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:49 pm to Breauxsif
I’m gonna sign all my kids up for fraternities and all my old people up for that cable company that got sued
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:51 pm to JAMAC2001
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Good.
Hazing is nothing more than bullying and is repulsive. I always ran with popular crowds dating back to high school and not once did I bully the weak or condone it of my friends. Sociopaths do that shite.
So Gruver is a sociopath since he also participated?
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:51 pm to Breauxsif
Sad story, but any script writers of 1980s fraternity and ski movies that didn’t think of the name Max Gruver were not focused.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:51 pm to Breauxsif
They can buy that pizza place in New Orleans now.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:53 pm to dgnx6
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So Gruver is a sociopath since he also participated?
You'd be amazed at the self-destructive steps someone will take to be accepted or fit in.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 2:55 pm to JAMAC2001
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You'd be amazed at the self-destructive steps someone will take to be accepted or fit in.
Yeah, I was going to say he could have walked right to Angela's office and told on them, but he didnt.
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