re: Families of men killed in Jose Fernandez crash suing Fernandez's estate

Is it a fact he was driving? If they all were doing the same thing, everyone was responsible. Sounds like families trying to make a quick buck which is sickening. Cause somebody who had wealth and fame was in the boat our society needs him to be guilty. I am not saying glorify him but at the same time don't paint him to be the villain. People do stupid things, we don't know if he driving, overall it was a sad event for all involved.

Sorry for partying

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but letting that person, celebrity/sports figure or not, be painted in the public as some sort of role model that deserves any recognition beyond that helps no one in the long run.

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Where is all of this happening?

It happened for a solid month after his death. I mean, his body was barely even room temperature, and they were like frick let's retire his jersey. Then the toxicology report came out and they were like oh well.

I'm sorry, but I believe in due diligence; and very few people in the baseball world felt the need to do theirs.

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At that point, we didn't know he was on drugs so...

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So... The family and friends should have had their private ceremony, while the media should have done better as journalists, and the Marlins and MLB should have waited for the investigation to close before making any rash decisions (jersey retirement, everybody wearing 16, memorials, etc.).

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After the report came out, where is all this memorializing you speak of?

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I agree on this. As far as memorial services go, those were over. Memorials at that point had gone to marker on baseball hats and sleeve patches.

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So they should have denounced him publicly?

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Well, they kind of hung themselves by not allowing the investigation process to come to a close. They were in a lose/lose-a-little-less situation... If you denounce it, then you risk pissing off the majority of the fanbase... Can't do that. You already can't fill 40-50% of the seats... If you just leave it where it is, then you just have a few people like me kind or rolling their eyes when the guy is brought up.



I'll just say this, and then agree to disagree. They really jumped the gun on painting him as something that, in the end, is now questionable. Like I said, I believe in getting my shite together before I make a move on these sorts of things.

This is what the world has come to? The dudes got on the boat with their buddy, they knew the risks. Why should their family be entitled to anything because their kid had a famous friend and was living a lavish lifestyle and tragedy struck? Unless Fernandez forced them on the boat this is dumb


What ever happened to personal accountability?

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But u asked a question about driving a car, but these dudes weren't in a car....

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Not sure what the difference is for the sake of my premise, but ok, change it from car to boat, question still stands...

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If Hernandez wasn't able to operate his boat because he was too fricked up, and his friends had to instead, then yes, he is mostly to blame

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Why is that different than a designated driver with a car?

What if that was the plan the entire night, those dudes knew they'd take the boat back in at the end of the night?

Stupid to sue since we have no idea who was driving. According to everything Fernandez didn't drive his own boat and these were his best friends. That means they've driven before. We also don't know what was in their system as well. If Jose had coke and alcohol I bet they did as well.

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That is stupid

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Absolutely, it's your car and you loaned it to them. You will be named in a civil case unless the family of the deceased or anybody else that may have been effected in the accident decide not to file.