Leroy Lizard
2/1/2011, 10:32 AM
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_17218173?nclick_check=1
The parents of a Tulare business leader who died two years ago in a skydiving accident near Hollister have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that the skydiving company gave her a defective parachute.
Jennifer McCoun, 40, who died Jan. 31, 2009, was the president and CEO of the Tulare Chamber of Commerce.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleges that worn Velcro failed to hold the parachute's steering handles in place, causing the parachute to spin after it opened.
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The lawsuit also alleges parachute packers were known to drink beer and smoke marijuana while doing their jobs, and that the center caused the parents emotional distress by advertising no fatalities when actually two occurred -- in 2001 and 2002. The claim of no fatalities remained on the center's website long after McCoun's death, causing the family additional emotional distress, the suit alleged.
Parachuting is that which you do to avoid from dying in an aircrash.
The parents of a Tulare business leader who died two years ago in a skydiving accident near Hollister have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that the skydiving company gave her a defective parachute.
Jennifer McCoun, 40, who died Jan. 31, 2009, was the president and CEO of the Tulare Chamber of Commerce.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleges that worn Velcro failed to hold the parachute's steering handles in place, causing the parachute to spin after it opened.
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The lawsuit also alleges parachute packers were known to drink beer and smoke marijuana while doing their jobs, and that the center caused the parents emotional distress by advertising no fatalities when actually two occurred -- in 2001 and 2002. The claim of no fatalities remained on the center's website long after McCoun's death, causing the family additional emotional distress, the suit alleged.
Parachuting is that which you do to avoid from dying in an aircrash.