74-year-old Irving Rosenberg forgot that movies at the Tamarac discount movie theater were $3 on Friday nights rather than $2. Behind him in line, Yvonne Schuss impatiently kibitzed, words were exchanged, and Yvonne’s 68-year-old (and legally blind) husband Seymour interceded. In the resulting one-punch brawl, Mr. Rosenberg was knocked to the ground, lapsed into a coma, and died sixteen days later. (Mr. Schuss’s manslaughter trial ended in a mistrial this month.)
Naturally, the party to sue is the West Broward County theater, for failing to provide adequate security in the event of a retiree riot–Mr. Rosenberg’s lawyer, Michael Sobel, feels the omission is so egregious that he is seeking punitive damages. Mr. Sobel also blames the theater for failing to open the box office for 7 pm movies until 6:30, which he believes led to the frayed tempers. (Jon Burstein, “Tamarac movie theater sued for not hiring security to control unruly retirees”, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Feb. 23; “Mistrial declared in senior’s ticket-line manslaughter trial”, CourtTV, Feb. 7).
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