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Attorneys: Patriots should compensate families of Aaron Hernandez's victims
Lawyers for the families of two men who died shortly after an altercation with late former Patriot Aaron Hernandez are now asking the Patriots for compensation. The families of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who died in a drive-by shooting in July 2012, have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Hernandez’s estate, and made the request of the Patriots as part of a Tuesday hearing in Suffolk (Mass.) Superior Court.
“We would welcome the Patriots looking into that issue and doing the right thing, which is to compensate the victims,” said Kenneth Kolpan, one of the attorneys, according to the Boston Globe
However, attorneys for Hernandez’s estate have rejected the families’ claims, saying that Massachusetts law does not permit civil suits against a deceased defendant. Further complicating the claims is the fact that, legally speaking, Hernandez was not liable for any of the deaths: he was found not guilty of murdering de Abreu and Furtado in early April. After his subsequent suicide, the conviction for the murder of Lloyd—which was under appeal at the time of Hernandez’s death—was vacated.
Attorneys: Patriots should compensate families of Aaron Hernandez's victims
Lawyers for the families of two men who died shortly after an altercation with late former Patriot Aaron Hernandez are now asking the Patriots for compensation. The families of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who died in a drive-by shooting in July 2012, have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Hernandez’s estate, and made the request of the Patriots as part of a Tuesday hearing in Suffolk (Mass.) Superior Court.
“We would welcome the Patriots looking into that issue and doing the right thing, which is to compensate the victims,” said Kenneth Kolpan, one of the attorneys, according to the Boston Globe
However, attorneys for Hernandez’s estate have rejected the families’ claims, saying that Massachusetts law does not permit civil suits against a deceased defendant. Further complicating the claims is the fact that, legally speaking, Hernandez was not liable for any of the deaths: he was found not guilty of murdering de Abreu and Furtado in early April. After his subsequent suicide, the conviction for the murder of Lloyd—which was under appeal at the time of Hernandez’s death—was vacated.
