Fark would mark this entry with an “Obvious”: Fans at the now-infamous Detroit-Indiana basketball game Friday night have started filing lawsuits. According to the Detroit Free Press, video shows season ticket holder William Paulson dousing Indiana Pacer Ron Artest with a drink after Artest charged the stands and pummeled an innocent bystander, but he’s suing three players, the Pacers, and the arena over a concussion he allegedly suffered in the brawl. John Ackerman also claims to have suffered a concussion; he’s told different reporters that he was hit by a chair and hit by Jermaine O’Neal. The lawyer is your friend and mine, Geoffrey Fieger (Aug. 31 and links therein). (Ben Schmitt and Frank Witsil, “Victims? Suspect? Prosecutor identifies fan who started brawl”, Detroit Free Press, Nov. 23; Mike Martindale, “Find chair-tosser, get cash”, Detroit News, Nov. 24; Daniel Howes, “Lawsuits over Palace fight show a culture of litigation”, Detroit News, Nov. 24; Bisi Onile-Ere, “Lawsuits come in Palace brawl”, ABC-12, Nov. 23).
Basketbrawl lawsuits begin
Fark would mark this entry with an “Obvious”: Fans at the now-infamous Detroit-Indiana basketball game Friday night have started filing lawsuits. According to the Detroit Free Press, video shows season ticket holder William Paulson dousing Indiana Pacer Ron Artest with a drink after Artest charged the stands and pummeled an innocent bystander, but he’s suing […]
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