I would love to ask Rich Daley how he thinks Chicago should be held responsible for this, but he wants to file lawsuits against companies for people misusing their products.

 

http://www.nbc5.com/news/4887615/detail.ht...994&dppid=65172

I don't think Chicago should be named in this lawsuit. The cause was too many people and a keg on a porch. One report I read was that there were 57 people and a keg on the porch (it could be incorrect in quantity, but either way there were too damned many people on that porch).

 

Anyone with common sense knows a porch like that won't handle that load in a static situation much less a dynamic one.

 

Anyhow, that is just my honest opinion.

Just to through it out to any other sox-fan lawyers out there... doesn't the plaintiff need to show that a municipality acted willfully and wantonly here?

 

The governmental tort immunity clause should prevent the plaintiff from making a negligence case. My guess is that it would be pretty tough to show that the city acted intentionally.

 

I'd be surprised if the plaintiff managed to keep Chicago in this suit.