Milton Gregory was 26 when he was fatally beaten outside a Columbus, Ohio bar on December 9, 2014. Surveillance footage recorded Dwayne Cummings striking Gregory with a sucker punch, then both Cummings and Chrystian Foster continuing to assault him while he lay unconscious. Gregory died of his injuries 12 days later; investigators treated the incident as a murder.

Foster and Cummings were identified as suspects, charged with murder, and later sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Gregory’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar and its owners, alleging the establishment failed to prevent the fatal assault and pointing to questions about bar security and the duty of venues to protect patrons.