Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Filling Station Shooting

Story first appeared in the Detroit Free Press.

The mother of a Detroit man who was shot in the back last month, reportedly by a gas station attendant during a dispute over the price of condoms, has sued the station, its petroleum supplier and the hospital where the man was treated before he died.

The Geoffrey Fieger law firm filed the lawsuit Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court on behalf of the mother of the deceased young man. A Detroit Personal Injury Lawyer is handling the case.

The wrongful death and negligence suit said station attendant shot the unarmed man without provocation at the BP station on Fenkell near Meyers about 12:45 a.m. March 10 after he knocked over a product display on his way out of the station.

The suit said the young man's two companions took him to Sinai-Grace Hospital, where security guards assaulted and detained them rather than getting medical help.

There was no immediate comment from the station owner, Skyline Petro. A spokesman for the petroleum supplier, BP America, said the company couldn't comment on pending litigation. The hospital said it doesn't comment on pending litigation, either, but a spokesperson previously said the young man received prompt medical attention and security guards acted appropriately.

The shooter is in custody on first-degree murder and firearms charges pending a preliminary examination Tuesday at 36th District Court in Detroit. The murder charge carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison without parole upon conviction.


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