In a case that involves a 300 pound man (Timothy Cassidy) back on Opening Day 2007 allegedly being so drunk that he fell on a woman (Ellen Massey) breaking her back. The New York Mets lawyer Carla Varriale told the court that “When you drop the ‘L’ in ‘Let’s Go Mets’ that does not mean slurring,“.
The contention being made by Massey’s lawyer that the Mets and their beer vendor should be held responsible for his client’s injuries for serving the obvious drunk more beer and for failing to have security remove him from the game.
The Mets lawyer Carla Varriale at one point tells the judge “He (Timothy Cassidy) may have been obnoxious, but that’s not the same thing as challenging someone to a fight,” to which the judge replied, “‘I’m going to kick your ass is not a fight?”
Cassidy’s lawyer (Brian O’Connor) maintains that Cassidy was not drunk but rather pushed from behind by another fan for paying more attention to his Blackberry rather than the game.
You can read the article here.
6 comments
stickguy
10/15/2010-7:08pm at 7:08 pm (UTC -4)
Hmmm, this is just another poke from NJ to get my to actually write a column, isn’t it?
although I guess it is better than 6 posts a day (Like some sites have) discussing the latest ont he Gm interviews!
Mr North Jersey
10/15/2010-8:36pm at 8:36 pm (UTC -4)
Sure OK? Poke, poke…
Truth is I found it interesting and simply posted for anyone else that may find it interesting but if an added result is it inspires you to write a motivational moving forward type of piece then that’s just an added bonus.
stickguy
10/15/2010-9:20pm at 9:20 pm (UTC -4)
just yanking your chain. More of a commentary on how sparse the pickings for juicy stuff to discuss about the Mets at this point.
Mr North Jersey
10/15/2010-10:20pm at 10:20 pm (UTC -4)
Sparse is definitely the word.
metsfan4decades
10/15/2010-9:53pm at 9:53 pm (UTC -4)
There’s drinking and enjoying yourself, then there’s drinking beyond any decorum of common sense. The latter has a better shot of a situation going bad in a blink of an eye….
stickguy
10/15/2010-9:59pm at 9:59 pm (UTC -4)
that was 2007, so Shea. And I think upper deck. And once you got up there, a sober mountain goat had trouble not falling down the steps. So I imagine a slightly tipsy overweight guy getting bumped from behind would be like one of those construction cranes toppling!