Pat’s King of Steaks sued over fatal 2021 shooting
Pat’s King of Steaks sued over fatal 2021 shooting
The family of David Padro Jr., a 22-year-old shot and killed outside of Pat's King of Steaks in South Philadelphia in 2021, sued the cheesesteak hotspot for a lack of security.
The lawsuit argues the cheesesteak hotspot should have hired private security to prevent violent arguments between customers
So let me get this straight - dude A pulls into a restaurant parking spot and hits dude B's car, the two get into an argument, dude A puts dude B into a headlock, dude A is struck with a metal container by dude B's girlfriend, then dude A is shot by dude B. The family of dude A is suing the restaurant owner because they didn't hire guards that presumably would've stopped the fight.
Full sympathies for the families involved because a lot of lives were ruined, but both dudes sound like jackasses. Nobody is at fault except for dude A for throwing the first punch and dude B for illegally carrying. The restaurant owners had nothing to do with this. This feels more like a cheap money grab by a grieving family than anything else.
Honestly, if dude A attacked dude B without being physically provoked, I don't see how dude B is at fault. Everyone who carries should deescalate or leave instead of arguing/fighting, but arguing with someone shouldn't strip you of your right to self defense if the other person escalates and starts physically harming you. I get I wasn't there and don't have all the details, but it looks like dude B barely passed the legal threshold for self defense, ignoring that he was carrying illegally.
Yeah it’s a shame what happened but this is a frivolous lawsuit if I ever saw one. While we are at it, let’s sue the PPD for not being there on a crowded night.
I’m going to guess that the family went to file a lawsuit against dude B and the lawyer was like “but Pat’s probably has more money!”