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		What happens when two co-workers from a car dealership are boozing in a parked car owned by the dealership and one of them overdoses? This is America, so obviously the family of the dead guy sues the dealership (dailyherald.com)		120
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Pocket Ninja		2008-12-29 11:22:12 AM

Call me crazy, but I think there's just a smidge of information missing from this article.

FarkinFarker		2008-12-29 11:59:52 AM

Jacobin		2008-12-29 12:01:00 PM

It t'was....the.....undercoating

The Grinch		2008-12-29 12:01:14 PM

Every time I see a headline that says anything about someone "seeking answers", I always mentally replace "answers" with "a few minutes of attention and an assload of money". It's like the fortune cookie "...in bed" game, except it's probably true a lot more often.

Trivia Jockey		2008-12-29 12:03:19 PM

This crap is why I quit practicing law. The suit (at least against the dealership) should be dismissed and the lawyer ought to be fined for even filing it.

Won't happen, obviously, but that's my perfect world.

Hack Patooey		2008-12-29 12:03:20 PM

FTFA:
A suburban mother is suing a car dealership and a nightclub in an attempt to discover what happened the night her son died.

Kevin Devuono of Tinley Park was 26 when he died two years ago in a parked car in Chicago after overdosing on alcohol and a prescription painkiller. He had been drinking at a night spot with a co-worker from a car dealership.

"Discover what happened"? Sounds like he was drinking and taking drugs. End of investigation.

Fact Man		2008-12-29 12:04:03 PM

So, who/why is she suing?

/eh, I guess you don't even need a legitimate reason these days...

Trivia Jockey		2008-12-29 12:04:05 PM

Hack Patooey: "Discover what happened"? Sounds like he was drinking and taking drugs. End of investigation.

You are invited to live in my perfect world. I like your style.

michaeld5		2008-12-29 12:04:36 PM

Trivia Jockey: This crap is why I quit practicing law. The suit (at least against the dealership) should be dismissed and the lawyer ought to be fined for even filing it.

Won't happen, obviously, but that's my perfect world.

Judges, once being attorneys themselves, take care of their own.

Trivia Jockey		2008-12-29 12:04:41 PM

Fact Man: So, who/why is she suing?

/eh, I guess you don't even need a legitimate reason these days...

Of course not. Sue first, ask questions later.

hockeychick		2008-12-29 12:04:54 PM

Pocket Ninja: Call me crazy, but I think there's just a smidge of information missing from this article.

Here's a better Link

Barbecue Bob		2008-12-29 12:05:11 PM

Typical american crap.

Her kid guzzles down booze and pops painkillers and somehow it's someone else's fault.

The dealership should sue the mom for raising such a asshat.

Good parenting mom, not.

Too bad Darwin didn't get to her before she spawned the crotchfruit.

Big Beef Burrito		2008-12-29 12:05:43 PM

Tinley Park is a long way from Chicago if you're almost dead. Sounds like they just wanted to keep him from getting a DUI.

They saved this guy thousands in fines and legal fees and this is the thanks they get?

Grither		2008-12-29 12:06:31 PM

Wait, you can overdose on booze???

Trivia Jockey		2008-12-29 12:06:33 PM

michaeld5: Trivia Jockey: This crap is why I quit practicing law. The suit (at least against the dealership) should be dismissed and the lawyer ought to be fined for even filing it.

Won't happen, obviously, but that's my perfect world.

Judges, ~~once being attorneys themselves~~ being elected and requiring campaign contributions, take care of ~~their own~~ the plaintiffs' bar, which makes those contributions.

FTFY.

Remember, the defense has lawyers too, but they get the short end of the judicial stick.

Bring-out-your-dead		2008-12-29 12:08:14 PM

Trivia Jockey: The suit (at least against the dealership) should be dismissed and the lawyer ought to be fined for even filing it.

THIS.
reason we need a "loser pays system"

vernonFL		2008-12-29 12:09:04 PM

At least he died peacefully in his sleep.

michaeld5		2008-12-29 12:11:50 PM

Bring-out-your-dead: Trivia Jockey: The suit (at least against the dealership) should be dismissed and the lawyer ought to be fined for even filing it.

THIS.
reason we need a "loser pays system"

Newt Gingrich tried with tort reform in the mid 90s, but the Trial Lawyers Association working with the Democrats put a stop to it.

Something about not being able to sue negligent companies would do more harm to consumers, or some such.

AnubisMan		2008-12-29 12:12:39 PM

Grither: Wait, you can overdose on booze???

I am guessing they must have had a half gallon race. Tough for a lunch break, but it'll do the job.

vernonFL		2008-12-29 12:13:44 PM

Grither: Wait, you can overdose on booze???

www.irocknroll.com

Yes.

/hotlinked

Fact Man		2008-12-29 12:14:15 PM

hockeychick: Pocket Ninja: Call me crazy, but I think there's just a smidge of information missing from this article.

Here's a better Link

Ha, even after reading that, I see no reason that the dealership has any responsibility in this.

It just sounds like the typical sue-happy American asshole who sees dollar signs from a tragedy, and the dealership was the "closest" link to it, so that's the target.

It's a shame people think this way.

jamesmusik		2008-12-29 12:14:42 PM

It seems like she's suing the dealership, because the two morons who let him die in their car own it and that's probably the only place they have any money. Suing the dealership is likely the only way to make those funds actually available for recovery.

Sarah Jessica Farker		2008-12-29 12:16:09 PM

Grither: Wait, you can overdose on booze???

most people vomit first.

Trivia Jockey		2008-12-29 12:18:21 PM

jamesmusik: It seems like she's suing the dealership, because the two morons who let him die in their car own it and that's probably the only place they have any money. Suing the dealership is likely the only way to make those funds actually available for recovery.

NOT a justification, IMO.

Kygz		2008-12-29 12:18:23 PM

WTF does the car dealership have to do with any of this shiat? This lady should sue her own son for taking prescription meds while binge drinking.

/remind me to not let anyone die in any of the cars I drive
//farking america
///slashies

Billy Ligue		2008-12-29 12:18:35 PM

hockeychick: Pocket Ninja: Call me crazy, but I think there's just a smidge of information missing from this article.

Here's a better Link

FTFSTA

[he] lived in Tinley Park with his mother, who is a secretary for a suburan funeral home.

So, did mom get a discount on her son's "ride on the Boot Hill Express"?

/window seat, please

thebarslug		2008-12-29 12:19:25 PM

I'm sorry this lady lost her idiot son, but no amount of money or Douchbaggery on her part will bring him back.

Seriously lady, get a grip. Your son killed himself!

atlanta_ufo		2008-12-29 12:20:53 PM

The dealership provided the jobs, that paid the wages, which bought the booze, that...

Has to be the dealership at fault.

Fact Man		2008-12-29 12:21:32 PM

Trivia Jockey: jamesmusik: It seems like she's suing the dealership, because the two morons who let him die in their car own it and that's probably the only place they have any money. Suing the dealership is likely the only way to make those funds actually available for recovery.

NOT a justification, IMO.

No way that's justification. Like I was saying upthread, it looks like she just did an analysis of anybody who could be linked in any way, and then picked the one with the most money to blame.

I'd campaign and petition in favor of "loser pays" system if I knew how.

snake822		2008-12-29 12:22:02 PM

Kygz: remind me to not let anyone die in any of the cars I drive

You really need to be reminded to not let that happen? Seems like common sense to me. Remind me not to ride in your car.

snake822		2008-12-29 12:22:52 PM

snake822: Remind me ~~not to~~ to not ride in your car.

Bah, I hate Mondays after a long break.

HomeGrownCone		2008-12-29 12:23:07 PM

Sounds like the co-worker / friend should be charged with negligence, but thats about it.

WTFDYW		2008-12-29 12:24:32 PM

Uh, the guy he was drinking with was a RIZZO, the car dealership probably belongs to his father or something real close. She's following the money from son, to father and eventually the dealership bank account.

Kinan		2008-12-29 12:26:01 PM

What kind of a douchebag leaves their drinking buddy for dead in a car without calling anybody and what's the motivation for the tire slashing?

Sounds like he was trying to direct attention away from something he may have been involved in that may have contributed to things..

jamesmusik		2008-12-29 12:27:45 PM

Trivia Jockey: jamesmusik: It seems like she's suing the dealership, because the two morons who let him die in their car own it and that's probably the only place they have any money. Suing the dealership is likely the only way to make those funds actually available for recovery.

NOT a justification, IMO.

Except that, as sole owners of the business, they can sink all of their money into it, profit off of said money, and protect all of their money from lawsuit unless she names the car dealership as well.

Billy Ligue		2008-12-29 12:28:02 PM

WTFDYW: Uh, the guy he was drinking with was a ~~RIZZO~~ RIZZA, the car dealership probably belongs to his father or something real close. She's following the money from son, to father and eventually the dealership bank account.

skullorocks		2008-12-29 12:28:37 PM

Grither: Wait, you can overdose on booze???

Wait, you can't read the article or any of the posts in the thread?

Big Beef Burrito		2008-12-29 12:29:14 PM

Cause(s) of Death:

- 26 years old
- Worked at a car dealership
- Lived with Mother
- Access to booze and pills

Case Closed.

Kygz		2008-12-29 12:29:32 PM

snake822: You really need to be reminded to not let that happen? Seems like common sense to me. Remind me not to ride in your car.

Well, I'm a lot less likely to try to get some person who is having a medical emergency to a hospital if, by using a car that I am allowed to drive a perk for my employment, that persons next of kin can sue me or my employer for trying to be a good samaritan.

Likewise, this proves that I shouldn't let anyone I know go pass out in my car if they've had too much to drink because they might take a couple painkillers and return to room temperaure and thier family might be a bunch of chickenshiat and try to sue me as i should have known that thier precious little snowflake was going to kill himself.

karlandtanya		2008-12-29 12:29:45 PM

Fark 'em.

They were drinking and in a car.
Dealership needs to report 'em to the fuzz for DUI and let them take it from there. Hold off the civil trial with delaying BS until they're convicted.

No way any civil jury will find in favor of a couple of convicted drunk drivers.

MycroftHolmes		2008-12-29 12:29:56 PM

Kinan: What kind of a douchebag leaves their drinking buddy for dead in a car without calling anybody and what's the motivation for the tire slashing?

Sounds like he was trying to direct attention away from something he may have been involved in that may have contributed to things..

Sounds like he left his guy to sleep it off, and made it so the guy couldn't drive off. Interactions between alcohol and meds can be unpredictable, so the guy may not have realized how bad off the 26 year old was.

verchad		2008-12-29 12:30:22 PM

Daily Herald article left out some info. This article ( http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1351116,CST-NWS-rizza27.article )from the sun-times has this:

"On Dec. 19, 2006, Devuono went drinking with co-worker John Rizza at the Buzz Nightclub. He got so intoxicated he needed a doctor, according to a private investigation Skinulis commissioned.
Rizza led Devuono out of the club into the dealership-owned vehicle he was driving, according to the suit, then Rizza called his brother Anthony.
The lawsuit -- which names both Rizzas, Rizza Enterprises and Buzz as defendents -- says John Rizza left Devuono for dead in the car at 631 S. Clark, slashed a tire to "conceal" his actions and went home.
Later that night, the Rizzas told a tow-truck driver to bring the car -- with Devuono inside -- to Anthony Rizza's house, according to the lawsuit. When the driver saw Devuono, he called for help. By the time Devuono was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, he was dead.
The police did not file criminal charges and declined to comment on the case. Anthony and John Rizza did not return calls seeking comment. Rizza Enterprises' comptroller, Dan McMillan, declined to comment."

So, I agree we as a country are sue happy, but if someone leaves someone to die as they are suggesting, even someone who may have brought it upon themselves by too much alcohol drugs or whatever, then I do have a problem with that.

Fact Man		2008-12-29 12:33:11 PM

verchad:

So, I agree we as a country are sue happy, but if someone leaves someone to die as they are suggesting, even someone who may have brought it upon themselves by too much alcohol drugs or whatever, then I do have a problem with that.

However, who's to say the guy knew he was "leaving him to die"? I was in a frat for four years, and there were plenty of times we left eachother passed out on a couch.

I suppose if one of those guys never woke up, I technically "left him to die" on the couch.

I doubt the friend *knew* he was on the verge of death. He was probably drunk as well, and thought it was a good idea to get him home, and he'd wake up in his car with a hangover.

thebarslug		2008-12-29 12:34:54 PM

This reminds me of something that happened in the Portland area not too long ago. Some 16 yo asshat came flying down a hill on his bicycle, blew through a stop sign and plowed into the SIDE of a city bus. Well of course it must have been the city's' fault! Of course mom sued the city.

I believe she lost her case or dropped it due to everyone calling her a money hungry biotch that was only using the death of her son as a tool to get rich.

That is what has to happen to this biotch. I believe only public humiliation and shame can silence these people.

farm machine		2008-12-29 12:38:29 PM

WTFDYW: Uh, the guy he was drinking with was a RIZZO, the car dealership probably belongs to his father or something real close. She's following the money from son, to father and eventually the dealership bank account.

Even if that were the case the father is not responsible for the actions of the son. Why not sue the town that maintained the street that the parked car was on? How about the car manufacturer? Too often the "deep pockets" entity ends up paying because the emotion driven jury feels someone has to pay and none of the responsible parties have the means to do so. This thinking completely fails to address the intent of the law and only serves to harm the rest of society.

Fail to see any mention as to whether the "prescription" pain pills were presribed to the decedant or not. It would also seem that he did not follow the dosage instructions. I don't need to pay for this persons bad decisions and involving anyone other than the decedant and perhaps his drinking buddy in this will ensure that every consumer pays for this in some way.

Logic, not emotion is what needs to decide the outcome of trials.

Fact Man		2008-12-29 12:40:07 PM

thebarslug: This reminds me of something that happened in the Portland area not too long ago. Some 16 yo asshat came flying down a hill on his bicycle, blew through a stop sign and plowed into the SIDE of a city bus. Well of course it must have been the city's' fault! Of course mom sued the city.

I believe she lost her case or dropped it due to everyone calling her a money hungry biotch that was only using the death of her son as a tool to get rich.

That is what has to happen to this biotch. I believe only public humiliation and shame can silence these people.

Same in Saint Louis. I don't know if it was a national news story, but the STL Cardinal's player, Josh Hancock, who was twice the legal limit BAC, insisted on driving home even though he was offered a cab multiple times by the bar he was at, he was speeding on the highway, which was a straightaway, and hit a stalled tow truck at 85 mph, obviously instantly killing him.

The parents sued both the bar and the farking tow truck company for getting him drunk and the truck stalling on the highway, respectively.

Good news, they won nothing, and have been thoroughly ridiculed by us St. Louisans all along and ever since.

DarkVader		2008-12-29 12:40:37 PM

So somebody tell me what's not legit about this suit?

This really sounds like a good reason for a suit against the dealership, if nothing else but for the fact that an employee of the dealership was with the dead kid, was driving the dead kid in a dealership owned vehicle and therefore ostensibly acting as an agent of the dealership, and abandoned the possibly still living kid in the dealership parking lot, thus likely causing his death.

A simple 911 call by the agent of the dealership might have saved this kid's life.

I have no problem with this suit.

Siberwulf		2008-12-29 12:40:45 PM

I guess I'm opening up the flaming....

I don't think she should sue, but it is pretty assy if they left him for dead, knowing he was in trouble. Yeah, he's an idiot for doing what he did. Whether intentional or not, it sucks for him. However if he wasn't alone when he started to slip into his drug-induced comatose state....it *really* sucks that someone would leave him.

If he was solo when it all happened...case closed, he's a tard.

Psycoholic_Slag		2008-12-29 12:41:40 PM

vernonFL: Grither: Wait, you can overdose on booze???

Yes.

/hotlinked

B. Scott overdose on booze? No.
B. Scott choke to death on own vomit? Yes.

mister aj		2008-12-29 12:41:59 PM

Ridiculous. Personal responsibility anybody? I doubt it'll succeed - that would be as outlandish as successfully suing McDonalds when you pour their hot coffee all over yourself and get scalded.

Oh, wait ...

/only in America

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