I know that at this point int time in my life I could not fathom what the loss of a son would feel like and I can not blame Josh Hancock's father for being hurt and depressed after the loss of his son. However, I can't condone him trying to take lawful action against the bar that his son received his drinks at and definately not against the tow truck and the owner of the stalled car. His son chose to drink and drive, the bar should be responsible only for making sure that people do not get overly intoxicated. I'm sure a man of Hancock's stature both in build and as a professional athlete should be able to appear more sober than the typical person. In addition, how if you are a Cardinals bar are you going to refuse to serve one of the Cardinal's players. If he wants a drink and isn't fall down drunk, you're not going to serve the guy?
In addition the Tow truck company whom Hancock struck and the car's owner that was being towed were also named as defendents in the suit? What could they have possibly done wrong? Have a car breakdown late at night? And do their job to try to get the car off the road. This just seems unreasonable.
The lawsuit claimed Tolar was negligent in allowing his vehicle to reach the point where it stalled on the highway and for failing to move it out of the way of oncoming traffic. A police report said the car became stalled when it spun out after being cut off by another vehicle.
The report said he told officers he was there five to seven minutes before his truck was hit by Hancock's SUV. But Kantack said the tow truck may have been there up to 15 minutes, yet failed to get the stalled vehicle out of the way.
"Were the police contacted?" Kantack asked. "Why weren't flares put out? Why was the tow truck there for an exorbitant amount of time?"
So it's the car owners fault for stalling out, and that played apart in your sons death? Or saying that the tow truck took to long to get the car off the road? Both of those are a bit far fetched.
So Mr. Hancock, I'm sorry your son passed away too early, but try not to seek blame and hurt other people because of your sons mistake. He made the mistake, he drove drunk, he talked on the phone while drunk driving, and he hit a parked car. It sucks, but bringing other people down in the process won't help to bring your son back.
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