This past April 29th, at 12:35 A.M., St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock slammed his 2007 Ford Explorer into the back of a flatbed tow truck and was instantly killed. The tow truck was on the shoulder of the highway assisting a car that had stalled. Obviously a sad story, particularly because it was the second Cardinals pitchers to die in the past five years, and it was the lead sports story for several days. A few weeks after the accident, test results revealed that Hancock was drunk and possibly high (weed was found in the car). Further, they learned he was talking on his cell phone, speeding, and not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. Tragic nonetheless.
So, these being the essential facts, I was mildly pissed to just read that Hancock's father has just brought a lawsuit against the following people:
• Patricia Shannon Van Matre, the manager of the restaurant that served Hancock his drinks. She is accused of "ensuring Hancock was never without a drink."
• Jacob Edward Hargrove, the driver of the tow truck. He is accused of taking too long to tow the stalled car, and not laying out flares.
• Justin Tolar, the driver of the car that stalled, for allowing his car to stall in the first place, and not getting his stalled car out of the way. Mind you, his car stalled when a car that cut him off caused him to spin out.
I was surprised to read that Hancock's father didn't sue Mother Nature for making it "unnaturally" dark that night, or his son's ribs, for not being able to "sufficiently protect" the organs against a tow truck. Essentially, you are suing a woman who did her job by being an attentive waitress, a man who was unable to pull ninja moves to keep his car from spinning out, and a tow truck driver who was unable to load a stalled car fast enough.
Come the fuck on. How was this lawsuit even accepted? If I were the law clerk who this was filed with, I would smiled, accepted it, then pulled down my pants and shit all over it. Your son was drunk, talking on his phone, and speeding. If 100% responsibility doesn't lie with him, then it lies with the father for raising a son incapable of calling a cab. I'm gonna go to the lawyer's house who agreed to take this case, insult him until he punches me in the face, and then sue him for "having hands".