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Tracy Hottenstein's parents filed a federal lawsuit this week blaming the resort's Polar Bear Plunge for her 2009 death from hypothermia.
In a scattershot 39-page lawsuit, parents Charles and Elizabeth Hottenstein of Telford, Pa., blamed 19 defendants for their daughter's wrongful death, including the city, police, medics and even her friends.
Police said Hottenstein's blood-alcohol level was higher than .08, the legal limit to drive in New Jersey. The Southern Regional Medical Examiner's Office blamed her intoxication in part for her death.
But the accident raises a question about what responsibility Hottenstein had for her own safety that night. Published accounts of the lawsuit drew a strong reaction from newspaper readers both in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
Parents blame Sea Isle Polar Bear Plunge for daughter's death - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Lower Cape May
35 year old woman drinks all day, falls into the water on her way home, and dies of hypothermia. Parents think they should get $$$$ for that.
These types of lawsuits are routine here in the overly litigious state of NJ. But the part that really bothers me is that the family is suing the guy she met in the bar. They called him an "acquaintance" who bought her drinks before she stumbled into the canal. He "failed to ensure that she got home safely after leaving the bars in an intoxicated state," the lawsuit said.
Be careful fellas. Don't buy drinks for drunk chicks.
Should the taxpayers of that town be responsible for the accidental death of a grown woman?
Predictions on their suit?