Lawsuit filed against Beach restaurant in teen's death (illegal alien DUI)

This was the case that was on O'Reily. I hadn't heard before where the accident was. I used to live close to there when we were in Va. Beach. I've eaten at the restaurant being sued. I think the father should be suing Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and the feds. This drunk should have been deported a long time ago.

But employees continued to sell him alcohol for three hours, although he could not present proper identification

I initially thought the establishment should be less culpable.

Did the restaurant verify his I.D. to purchase booze?

I don't give a crap how good their food is.

I think he should be suing Mexico.

This lawsuit is misguided, though I understand the emotion after losing a loved one. I’d probably would have filed one too had it happened to my daughter.

I wish they could go after the judges that never adequately prosecuted the perp’s multiple previous offenses.

They are the ultimate criminals here.

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No implication on my part that the father shouldn't be suing the restaurant, just that there are government parties carrying the guilt of not rid of this illegal a-hole a long time ago. I'd really like to see them pay.

Exactly.

I think the father should be suing Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and the feds. This drunk should have been deported a long time ago.

Agree. While the restaurant might have some culpability, the issue is that he was there in the first place.

Use the father's arguements but apply to the government level (ALL of them), "failed to protect Alison Kunhardt from imminent danger and essentially acted as Alfredo Ramos' accomplice for not stopping the events that killed his daughter and her close friend."

The mother of all class action lawsuits?

Just dreaming.....

Who’s going to judge the judge’s guilt? Some of these people view themselves as self annointed kings. They should take responsibility as a government employee for their actions on behalf of the government IMO.

Don’t forget to find out who the illegal alien criminal worked for and add them to the suit.

Best friends killed in crash in Va. Beach

11:18 PM EDT on Monday, April 2, 2007

A man charged with killing two best friends in a Friday night crash admitted in a Va. Beach court Monday he's in the country illegally. Alfredo Ramos, 22, is charged with two counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter. 13News was in court where we learned Ramos doesn't speak English and so used an interpreter.

Police said Ramos was speeding westbound on Virginia Beach Boulevard when he slammed into the rear of a car stopped at the red light at Kings Grant Road.

Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16, were pinned in Kunhardt's Plymouth Duster in the 10:35 p.m. collision. Emergency personnel pulled them out of the car and rushed them to the hospital, where they later died.

Police told 13News Kunhardt was a student First Colonial High School and Tranchant was a student at Kellam High School.

"I just separated from the military. I’ve just been home two weeks. I just wanted to spend time with my family," said Dylan Tranchant, Tessa Trenchant’s brother. Dylan Tranchant just got home from the war in Iraq, and had to identify his sister’s body over the weekend.

Dozens of relatives and friends gathered Sunday to console each other and to remember the girls who were inseparably close friends. The girls became close friends when Tessa's mother started dating Allison's father. "They were definitely inseparable," said Allison's father, David Kunhardt. "I've never seen a closer friendship. They would finish each other's sentences."

Police said they believe Ramos had been drinking before the crash. (Ramos had already been convicted of DUI, plus 3 other public intoxication arrests, but identity theft, driving without a license, etc.)

Police also said additional charges may be filed against Ramos, who lives in the 100 block of Trace Court. Commonwealth's Attorney Harvey Bryant says it's not unusual for police to know someone's in the country illegally and not send them back. He says it requires three DUI's before immigration officials are notified.

Allison Kunhardt's father thinks that needs to change. "Illegal means illegal. It makes no sense, you get three DUI's before you're deported. It's not baseball, three strikes you're out. You're dealing with people's lives," said David Kunhardt.

It's only misguided by not being filed in Federal Court. US citizens were killed by an illegal alien to the US. Plus all the other cities that arrested him for DUI and released him should be parties to the case too. And the money is too low.

It's not about emotion. It's about being made whole.

I think he should be suing Mexico.

Absolutely.

That how to go after things for the victims. Include employer, last bar, cities with a bunch of DUI records on them and their policies. Other crimes.

I know a trial lawyer that could pull this case off. Easily.

Don’t forget to find out who the illegal alien criminal worked for and add them to the suit.

Where do you think the Dad needs to go to look for justice?

I think the father should be suing Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and the feds. This drunk should have been deported a long time ago.

There was a bad three-car "accident" in my locale last Friday evening where 3 died. The Daily Pilot reports:

A Costa Mesa man, Jose Gustavo Castillo, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and three counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a multiple-vehicle car crash Friday night, Watch Commander Keith Davis of the Costa Mesa Police Department said.

Three Costa Mesa men involved in a multiple-vehicle car crash Friday at 8:48 p.m. were pronounced dead at the scene.

All died as a result of the accident, Coroner Larry Esslinger said.

The fourth victim, Castillo, is still being treated for critical injuries at Western Medical Center, Davis said.

Juan A. Romero-Figueroa, 18; Julio Sandoval-Telles, 21; and Francisco Rodriguez, 19, were all passengers in Castillo's car, police said.

Castillo was headed westbound at a high speed on Victoria Street, but had not gotten to Canyon Drive before his Lincoln Town Car rear-ended a Chevy Malibu driven by Martha Albrecht, 55, a Huntington Beach resident, authorities said.

Castillo then hit a second driver's Jeep Cherokee, then lost control and "slid across the roadway and struck" a light pole, authorities said.

Mary Pilstl, 48, a Huntington Beach resident, was the driver of the Jeep Cherokee.

The accident's impact ejected two of the Town Car's passengers; the passenger in the back seat was killed and is still unidentified.

Albrecht and Milstl were not injured, and no charges were filed against them, police said.

There had been earlier reports of one victim's decapitation as a result of the accident.

"There was no decapitation," Coroner Larry Esslinger said.

Any mention of a decapitation was the "result of officers looking at the injuries at the scene," police said.

At press time, Castillo was still in "critical but stable" condition, authorities said.

Except for Julio Sandoval-Telles, 21, all were under age if under the influence. The Pilot had previously reported the driver's, Jose Gustavo Castillo, age and early speculation was that he was involved in road racing.

There was another suggestion/report (not sure which at this point and certainly not in the Pilot, possibly in the OC Register) that the driver was unlicensed.

The reason I post this in response to yours is the comments attached to the article, several of which question the nationality of the dead victims and the driver. The message board is truncated and earlier posts fall off the board. However, one of the latest gems stands out and reads:

pas wrote on Jun 5, 2007 12:02 PM:

" Mark just remember by having or not having driver license and Insurance accidents still happen and you me and everyone is going to die soon or later so please stop youre comments and to all those three kids R.I.P MUCH LOVE TO JAVI AND ALL THEIR FAMILYS AND TO JOSE HOPE YOU GET BETTER. "

And not entirely surprising, I keep reading "There was no decapitation," as "There was no deportation."

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From the Desk of ...		Representative Steve King 5th Congressional District of Iowa

Biting the Hand That Feeds You

	May 5, 2006

On May 1st, the activists who brought you thousands of Mexican flags flying in marches down the streets of our cities are now bringing you "Nothing Gringo Day". With help from the Mexican government, Mexican unions, Mexican political groups, and through the Spanish language radio and newspapers, the call has gone out to make America experience a total boycott, both here and in Mexico. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Just the word "boycott" sparks the image of noble dissent in the face of economic or social oppression. I think of American colonials bucking British economic interests in retaliation to the Stamp Act. Or perhaps the ostracizing of Irish landlord Charles Boycott, the namesake of the verb for all tyrannized people. If not tyrannized, at least disgruntled. If not disgruntled, maybe just bored. Yet, isn't the key to a successful boycott an economic or social upper-hand? The cost must be felt if the offending party be forced to reform. For example, how does boycotting a movie you had no intention of going to affect the box office? More people probably see a boycotted movie due to the attention than if it had simply been ignored. President Carter thought he was on to something when he kept American athletes out of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That showed 'em. That particular boycott neither got the USSR out of Afghanistan nor brought down the Berlin Wall. It just caused our own athletes to suffer. The May 1st anti-Gringo-fest is also being billed as "A Day Without Immigrants" which is a misnomer on a couple of counts. First, the threatened boycott fails to conjure the image of a Norwegian refusing to buy his May 1 lutefisk at the corner Fareway. Second, the pro-amnesty groups are insistent on confusing legal and illegal immigration. Let's not start mixing our apples and oranges. The issue before Congress is illegal immigration. Perhaps the May 1st boycott should give America a glimpse into "A Day Without ILLEGAL Immigration." What would that May 1st look like without illegal immigration? There would be no one to smuggle across our southern border the heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines that plague the United States, reducing the U.S. supply of meth that day by 80%. The lives of 12 U.S. citizens would be saved who otherwise die a violent death at the hands of murderous illegal aliens each day. Another 13 Americans would survive who are otherwise killed each day by uninsured drunk driving illegals. Our hospital emergency rooms would not be flooded with everything from gunshot wounds, to anchor babies, to imported diseases to hangnails, giving American citizens the day off from standing in line behind illegals. Eight American children would not suffer the horror as a victim of a sex crime. On the negative side, the price of a pound of tomatoes might go up from $0.79 to $0.80. That is unless you have a garden. But I'm guessing that the Mexican drug lords are not taking May 1st off. Neither will the 11,000 illegal invaders that pour over our border every other day of the year. It is a safe bet that the U.S. Border Patrol will have a very busy "Nothing Gringo Day." Since September 11th, it remains true that OBL is the greatest threat to America. I will leave it to the reader to decide if the greatest threat is Osama bin Laden or the Open Borders Lobby. The emerging cheap labor "ruling class" in America is the strongest supporter of amnesty for illegals. Their anti-American "new servant class" has chosen to boycott them; the very definition of irony. On May 1st, Primero de Mayo, Americans will observe, as illegal immigrants celebrate, "Bite the Hand That Feeds You Day."

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Good graphics!