In the response to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Redings Mill and Lockwood firefighter Tucker Berry, the attorney for Kreg Myers, Cassville, followed the lead of co-defendant Brant Cullen and put the blame on Berry for his own death.
The response, filed March 24 in Jasper County Circuit Court by attorney Cara Rose of the Springfield firm of Franke Schultz & Mullen, says it was Berry's own carelessness that caused him to fall from the back of a golf cart October 19, 2024 and die the following day.
One difference is that Myers' lawyer says Cullen should also be assessed part of the blame.
Any injuries or damages sustained by the Plaintiffs, were caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of an independent and/or intervening actor(s), specifically the operator of the golf cart of which Tucker Berry was a passenger, over whom this Defendant had no control, by reason of which the Plaintiffs are not entitled to recover from this Defendant, or, in the alternative, any recovery should be apportioned according to the relative percentages of fault.
Rose said Myers denies any negligence in connection with Berry's death. Myers, like Cullen, is demanding a jury trial.
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