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I seem to be concentrating my recent posts on lawsuits, but such is life.
As everyone probably knows, Josh Hancock of the Cardinals died last month in a car accident. It was later discovered (although suspected from the beginning), that he was drunk at the time--not to mention speeding and talking on his cellphone. This doesn't mitigate the tragedy in any way, and I certainly don't mean to cheapen it.
However, this burns me up: Hancock's father has filed a lawsuit against several parties "involved" in Hancock's death. Among these are the bar where Hancock was drinking--this I can sort of see; the consequences of serving a drunk man drinks for three hours are foreseeable, and there is precedent here. However, also listed in the lawsuit are the owner and driver of the tow truck that Hancock hit, as well as the driver of the stalled car that the tow truck was assisting. Apparently they were "negligent". Obviously weighed against a drunk man talking on his cellphone while driving 13mph over the speed limit, a man's car stalling and another man stopping to, um, do his job is massively irresponsible.
Mr. Hancock needs to realize that sometimes things are just the responsible party's fault, and not go looking to assign blame wherever it looks like it'll stick. There is even talk of adding the Cardinals and MLB to the lawsuit for, I guess, not curbing an adult man's perfectly legal (the drinking part, not the driving) bad habit.
As everyone probably knows, Josh Hancock of the Cardinals died last month in a car accident. It was later discovered (although suspected from the beginning), that he was drunk at the time--not to mention speeding and talking on his cellphone. This doesn't mitigate the tragedy in any way, and I certainly don't mean to cheapen it.
However, this burns me up: Hancock's father has filed a lawsuit against several parties "involved" in Hancock's death. Among these are the bar where Hancock was drinking--this I can sort of see; the consequences of serving a drunk man drinks for three hours are foreseeable, and there is precedent here. However, also listed in the lawsuit are the owner and driver of the tow truck that Hancock hit, as well as the driver of the stalled car that the tow truck was assisting. Apparently they were "negligent". Obviously weighed against a drunk man talking on his cellphone while driving 13mph over the speed limit, a man's car stalling and another man stopping to, um, do his job is massively irresponsible.
Mr. Hancock needs to realize that sometimes things are just the responsible party's fault, and not go looking to assign blame wherever it looks like it'll stick. There is even talk of adding the Cardinals and MLB to the lawsuit for, I guess, not curbing an adult man's perfectly legal (the drinking part, not the driving) bad habit.