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The family of Judy Bucherri are wondering why she threw herself from a speeding SUV to her death on Friday night. Bucherri had been in the car with her boyfriend Sandy Levine, who was later charged with DUI and marijuana possession (the cops found a pound of pot in the car), and inexplicably, she jumped out.
Levine claimed they had been arguing over where to go (he wanted dinner, she wanted to go to a bar), but Bucherri's sister told Newsday, "Why would she jump out of a car? She had so much to live for. What was going on?" The sister added that Bucherri held two jobs to help support her kids, "She sacrificed her whole life for them."
The authorities do not believe Levine, who saved a person from the subway tracks in 1994, pushed Bucherri, but the Daily News heard from Bucherri's estranged husband. Thomas Bucherri said, "I know [Levine] should have at least pulled over. She didn't just jump out of the car," and accused Levine of stalking his estranged wife. Levine was bereft after his arraignment; according to the News, he said, "It's a tragedy. I wish I was the one laying in the street."
And to the Post, the owner of Callaghan's Eatery and Ale House in Queens, where Bucherri and Levine worked part-time as bartenders, claims that while Levine may have been drunk, Bucherri was "drinking heavily" before getting into Levine's car. The bar owner said, "The amount of intake was enough that we took her keys away."
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"Levine claimed they had been arguing over where to car"
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she was trying to recreate the opening of the new star trek movie.
"james tiberius kirk"
not funny. as usual.
Clearly more to this story than we'll ever know, since there were no witnesses.
"The amount of intake was enough that we took her keys away."
But not his?
got to love potheads and drunks.
Did the bar owner just open himself up to a lawsuit? Not good to admit to newspaper that your patrons got smashed just before one of them jumped out of a moving car...
Why is that JRod? Do the people that paid for and imbibed the alcohol have no responsibility for their own actions? Or can I sue the owner of the deli across the street from me for selling me the candy bar that he just had to know I would choke on later that day?
HBDC- Oops(my internet connection was down for hours). I definitely was not making excuses for the two people involved in this case, but the fact is that there is legislation in NYS known as Dram Shop laws where a bar owner could be held liable for injuries incurred as a result of over-imbibing by patrons. Seems like the bar owners quote to the Post could get him in trouble should someone decide to sue. Just sayin'...
Gotcha. I understand that there are dumb laws everywhere instituted by those in the government who know such laws remove responsibility from the individual so that when they (government peeps) eventually fuck up something, they can place the blame elsewhere without feeling guilty about it.
Land of the free (from blame) and home of the brave (enough to look you in the eye and say "It's not my fault.").