For Immediate Release
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Lisa Rosen, Communications Director
Edgar Snyder & Associates
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Justice Sought for Death of 17-Year-Old Sean M. Nemcheck

(August 1, 2007 – Westmoreland County, PA) Some time after 3:00 am on February 19, 2006, an intoxicated 17-year-old Sean M. Nemcheck of Latrobe died after his truck crashed into a fence on McDowell Road in Westmoreland County and submerged in a pond. Attorney Todd Berkey, a partner with the law offices of Edgar Snyder & Associates, filed a civil complaint today against Hospitality Group Services, Inc., which owns and operates the Ramada of Historic Ligonier, for the wrongful death of Sean M. Nemcheck.

Sean had finished working a 16-hour shift at the Ramada, clocking out at 3:06 am. He also had access to alcoholic beverages in the bar, kitchen and other areas of the hotel and was working unsupervised from approximately 1:00 -3:00 am. At the time of Sean’s death, his blood alcohol level was 0.14. The complaint filed by Attorney Todd Berkey, on behalf of the teenager’s mother, Terri Nemcheck, alleges among other things that the Ramada Inn violated Pennsylvania child labor and Liquor Control Board laws.

“We believe that Sean’s fatal crash was due to a combination of his fatigue from having worked a 16-hour shift and his intoxication from consuming alcohol at the Ramada Inn while he was under their employ,” said Attorney Berkey of Edgar Snyder & Associates.

Edgar Snyder & Associates, a law firm representing injured people, has offices located in Altoona, Ebensburg, Erie, Johnstown and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.