Max Gruver’s family is suing LSU, that national and local Phi Delta Theta fraternities, and individuals in the fraternity for 25 million dollars in a civil suit related to Max’s death last year in an alleged hazing incident. Baton Rouge Lawyer and Legal Analyst Borghardt says it’s impossible to put a price on human life, but the dollar figure being sought in this case comes from precedent.
Gruver’s death lead to the passage of the “Max Gruver Act” which makes people involved in hazing related deaths liable for felony charges.
Attorney General Jeff Landry is defending the 7-6 vote of the Bond Commission to exclude Citibank and Bank of America as part of a $600 million road financing plan in the state. Both were omitted from the financial plan after placing gun control regulations on commercial banking customers.
Senator John Kennedy praised the DEA’s move to cut opioid production levels, but says bigger changes are needed to stop the addiction crisis. Matt Doyle has more.
Since taking office in January 2017, US Congressman Mike Johnson has held thirty-one town hall meetings in the state’s fourth district, adding three more this past week. Johnson says he makes time to participate in such meetings as he say he looks at them as an essential portion of his job.