Hancock family drops suit against restaurant
The family of recently deceased St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock has decided to drop a lawsuit they had filed against the restaurant where he had eaten just before the accident. Hancock was declared legally drunk when his vehicle struck the back of a tow truck. The family had also filed lawsuits against the driver of the stalled car and the tow truck driver.
Yesterday Hancock’s father released a statement to ESPN stating he was ordering his attorneys to drop the lawsuit. This, in effect, ends the legal battles for the Hancock family, but the lawsuit could be refiled at almost any time.
The lawsuit had stated that others, besides Hancock, shared in the responsibility for his death. The lawsuit had included Mike Shannon’s restaurant, the restaurant’s manager, the tow truck driver, the tow truck company and the driver of the stalled car that the tow truck was attempting to assist.
“That’s the end of it,” said Don Wolff, a lawyer for the Shannon family. “This case never had any merit. It was totally and completely without merit.”
Date: July 31, 2007
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Reference: ESPN
Reference: St. Louis Cardinals