re: Car crash late lastnight in Athens

Who knows whats real or rumor at this point. Not even sure if the deceased have been buried yet.

But this fellow clearly loved everything there was about the university and the opportunities it afforded him. Would be sickening to watch anyone try to bleed it and trash it in his name over a tragic but all too common accident.

If it was me, I would be ashamed of any family or aquaintance that took part in any kind of lawsuit over this. But, i am confident my people would never do such. Unless thees something out of left field sinister that we dont know about, which seems unlikely

Not sure what life insurance UGA is doing on players but can somewhat understand if in fact she was a uga employee and part of that responsibility was to get them home safely (which I bet was part of their job).

Another sad but necessary read: LINK

It takes a lot of people you don’t really ever think about to make this thing run the way it does

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When an airplane crashes, do all the victims' families get to sue the airline into bankruptcy?

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Just the airlines insurance company.

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Even if it was part of her duties, she, also a fatal victim, presumable and allegedly fricked up and got in a wreck, in what world does that make UGA responsible?

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If they're going to sue anyone, they attorneys will go after whoever has the deepest pockets. That'll be UGA. The University's insurance company will then determine if this accident is covered under their policy. If it is, they'll offer the family whatever the policy's bodily injury limit is. It's up to the family to take it or ask for more. If they ask for more, UGA will give them the rest or it'll go to trail and then it's up to a jury to decide if the University is liable and how much money the family gets.

Whether UGA is liable depends on what role she was assuming. I'd guess both staffers were there as DDs and that someone with the University had asked/instructed them to do so. Also, is it part of their duties to drive players around? If the attorneys try hard enough, they'll be able to show the University, through the actions of their employees, was negligent. They staffers were employees who worked with the players. It's not going to be that hard to find some sort of connection and prove negligence.

My guess is UGA will settle out of court by throwing as much money as they can at this to make it go away. No one wants this to turn ugly. A jury trial would be a PR nightmare.

Sounds now like the ambulance chasers aren’t getting cooperation from the family.

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ATHENS — Devin Willock’s father remains with family in Gainesville (Ga.) and says he knows nothing of lawyers or press conferences.

Dave Willock, the father of the Georgia football player who died in a car accident early Sunday, said he, too, read reports of a press conference being planned for Thursday afternoon by Big Injury Lawyers at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse. He said he doesn’t plan to be there, and he has no plans at this time to sue the University of Georgia.

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“I have no knowledge of a press conference; I heard about it on the news,” Dave Willock said in a telephone interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday morning. “I heard it on the news and I’m like, ‘What? Who said that?’ I don’t know anything about it.”

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Asked if he planned to attend the press conference, even out of curiosity, Dave Willock said emphatically, “No!” “I’m here; my son passed away; I’m emotional, dealing with hurt,” Dave Willock said. “I don’t know about that. I haven’t spoken to anyone yet.”

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Dave Willock said he is focusing only on his son. He said he does not plan any legal action, at least not at this time. “No, Georgia is working with us,” the father said. “We have no reason to do that because they are compensating us 100%.” It was unclear exactly what Willock meant by that statement.

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Article said the lawyer group pushed back the press conference (that was supposed to be on the steps of the ACC courthouse, lol) from 2:00 to 3:00, but I haven’t seen anywhere where it’s actually happened.

To be fair, haven’t heard a peep from Willock’s mom, so I guess it’s possible she’s trying to pursue action and they’re pushing a presser back until they have dad on board too but he’s not playing ball.

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looks like they did hold the “press conference” with no family present and no actual legal action announced. These guys sound like exactly what you picture them as.

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Managing partner Roy T. Willey IV spoke outside the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse at a podium with a "Go Big Injury Lawyers,” sign that was affixed to it.

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“Devin’s parents are understandably grieving having seen his body for the first time yesterday and having received updates today on the investigation,” Willey said.

A press release Wednesday said that Willey and members of the legal team would be discussing the details of the accident investigation and the legal actions, but no legal actions were detailed.

Willey walked away from reporters after speaking for more than five minutes and declined to answer questions when asked.

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Again, sounds like the lawyers and family aren’t all singing from the same hymnal right now.

Kemp should work to have that a-hole disbarred.