"Father sues restaurant over Cardinals pitcher's death."
Hancock's father sues over pitcher's death
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer
May 24, 2007
ST. LOUIS (AP) --
No word yet on whether any witnesses might have seen restaurant employees sitting on the deceased, pouring booze into him with a funnel.
Dang, they forgot the manufacturers of all the vehicles, the people who designed and built the road, the taxpayers who fund the road . . .
'Magine that.
For what? Paying him too much money, or not chaperoning him properly, or . . . ?
I'd really like to see all the defendants prevail, and then at least one of them countersue for malicious prosecution. Not necessarily the decedent's family, just the cheeseball barracuda who dreamed this up:
I better move on before I blurt out that I hate lawyers. Oops, too late.
Hancock's father sues over pitcher's death
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer
May 24, 2007
ST. LOUIS (AP) --
The father of Josh Hancock filed suit Thursday, claiming a restaurant provided drinks to the St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher even though he was intoxicated prior to the crash that killed him.

[In addition to Mike Shannon's Restaurant and its manager, the owner's daughter, o]ther defendants include Eddie's Towing, the company whose flatbed tow truck was struck by Hancock's sport utility vehicle in the early hours of April 29; tow truck driver Jacob Edward Hargrove; and Justin Tolar, the driver whose stalled car on Interstate 64 was being assisted by Hargrove.

Authorities said the 29-year pitcher had a blood content of nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol in his system when he crashed into the back of the tow truck. He was also speeding, using a cell phone and wasn't wearing a seat belt, Police Chief Joe Mokwa said after the accident. Marijuana also was found in the SUV.

[Shyster] Kantack said others could be added later as defendants in the suit. He declined to speculate on whether the Cardinals or Major League Baseball could be added to the suit,
I'd really like to see all the defendants prevail, and then at least one of them countersue for malicious prosecution. Not necessarily the decedent's family, just the cheeseball barracuda who dreamed this up:
The lawsuit claimed Tolar was negligent in allowing his vehicle to reach the point where it stalled on the highway,
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