Federal Jury Awards $6.1M To Parents In Louisiana State University Hazing Death Suit

Mealey's (March 16, 2023, 11:54 AM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal jury in Louisiana has said the parents of a Louisiana State University freshman who died in 2017 of alcohol poisoning following a fraternity hazing incident are entitled to $6.1 million in compensation; however, the university and most of the individual students named in the survival and wrongful death action had reached confidential settlements with the family before trial....