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Ex-Yank Leyritz Sued for Wrongful Death

Posted Mar 26th 2008 8:30AM by TMZ Staff

Former Yankee Jim Leyritz has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit. He already faces DUI and manslaughter charges after he allegedly caused the death of a Florida woman in a December car crash.
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The suit, filed in Broward County, seeks at least $15,000 in damages for the family of Fredia Ann Veitch, whom Leyritz plowed into when he ran a red light in his SUV back in December. Cops say that Leyritz's blood alcohol was above the limit at the time of the accident.

Leyritz's lawyer has said that the ex-Yankee will be "both criminally and civilly exonerated." His criminal trial begins May 15.

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16. As they said in Australia in protest to the flood of Chinese immigrants: "Two Wong's don't make a white!"

Posted at 11:25AM on Mar 26th 2008 by Cassius

17. I was hit by a drunk driver and am paralyzed from the waist down.................... he got off.
So my life @ the present time is reading blogs~~ i also have no use of my left arm, bastards

Posted at 11:17AM on Mar 26th 2008 by dawnn

18. I was shocked by this!!! I can't understand this at all.

Posted at 12:01PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Millionaire Chat Forum

19. Good. He deserves to be punished for this, to the fullest extent possible. They really should be suing for a helluva lot more then that, but at least they are standing up against a celebrity who made the biggest mistake. Taking someone's life because they thought they could drive drunk. This is proof you can't. Jerk needs to be punished for this.

Posted at 3:24PM on Mar 26th 2008 by TattedUpChick

20. You play, you may pay. Would fifteen thou. even cover the funeral? I have my doubts about that figure. It wouldn't even address loss of life or future earnings from a wrongful death, let alone if the victim had kids, husband, parents, etc.

Posted at 3:10PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Sigh.

21. The woman that was killed was legally drunk. She happened to lose this round of drunkjackasses behind the wheel.

Posted at 7:35PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Aunt Flo

22. My former husband played with Jimmy 1991-1993 on the New York Yankees team. It is sad to see what has happened to some of the people I new back then. First, Kim Mattingly and now Jimmy Leyritz.

Posted at 10:37AM on Mar 27th 2008 by Andrea F

23. A comment on this thread calls Leyritz a "thug." That's so over the line it should cause any reasonable person to question what's really going in the critic's mind. A thug? Leyritz worked his butt off for years to make it to the Major Leagues. He finally, since he's not a deep natural talent, secured a spot by the skin of his teeth. Eventually he hit a crucial home run that led to a World Series win by the Yankees. Now long retired, he has four great pre-teen boys that he loves dearly who accompany him to dozens of games every year at Dolphin Stadium. Is that the picture of a "thug?" Why would anyone use such vicious language? Jim Leyritz is a hard working Dad, who gets up and goes to work every day, and not a privileged wealthy athlete. He was not paid astronomical sums in his playing years. This tragic accident has devastated the Leyritz family. They are not taking it lightly, and their suffering, along with the suffering of the family of the young lady who lost her life, is real.

Posted at 2:20PM on Mar 27th 2008 by TomFL

24. no amount of money can bring back their loved ones but they should sue for a hell of a lot more that 15 grand

Posted at 11:25PM on Mar 27th 2008 by Lana

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