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[23 May 2007|08:40pm] |
Family Of Man Killed In Crash Files Lawsuit Against Hyundai Execs
POSTED: 8:50 am PDT May 23, 2007
UPDATED: 5:32 pm PDT May 23, 2007
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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A wrongful-death lawsuit filed Wednesday claims U.S. Hyundai executives helped a former colleague flee the country after a drunken-driving crash that killed a motorcyclist.
# April 4, 2006: Police: Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run Accident Flew To Korea
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The Orange County Superior Court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai Motor Finance Co. and three executives for the 2005 death of Ryan Dallas Cook of Huntington Beach.
One of the executives, Youn Bum Lee, was charged last month with four felony charges: vehicular manslaughter by unlawful act with gross negligence while intoxicated; vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence; driving under the influence causing bodily injury and hit-and-run with permanent injury or death.
Lee is believed to have fled to his native South Korea after the crash and a warrant was issued last month for his arrest, although authorities are unsure of his specific whereabouts, said Susan Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office.
"He may never be held accountable," said Carlton Cook, the victim's father. "He may never own up to that because if they haven't found him by now, I don't know that they will be able to."
The family's attorneys said surveillance video shows that the executive was assisted in fleeing the country. The attorneys said two Hyundai executives escorted him onto an airplane.
"When they put him on that airplane, were they think about protecting Mr. Lee?" said attorney Wylie Aitken. "Or were they really thinking about protecting themselves?"
If convicted on all counts, he could receive up to 10 years in state prison, she said.
Hyundai released a statement that read, "Lee was terminated shortly after the event occurred."
Lee worked at Hyundai Motor America's headquarters in Fountain Valley and on Oct. 18, 2005, joined some colleagues for dinner followed by a visit to a karaoke bar, according to court documents.
During that time, Lee drank at least eight shots of rice wine, a colleague told police.
Just after midnight, Lee began driving his company car back to his Irvine home, according to the suit. A short time later, 911 calls to the California Highway Patrol reported that a sport utility vehicle with its headlights off had been weaving and hit the center divider of the 55 Freeway.
One caller reported seeing a headlight approaching. Authorities said it was Cook's motorcycle. The 23-year-old Cook braked but struck Lee's car, which had backed away from the center divider and into a lane, a CHP report indicated. Cook was thrown from the motorcycle and hit by three other cars. He died at the scene.
His parents, Carlton and Janet Cook, contended that Lee had been drinking at a Hyundai-sponsored function to entertain visiting executives from Seoul.
Cook's family contends that after the crash Lee fled but later contacted Hyundai colleagues to report he had been in an accident. Instead of reporting it, the suit contends that they arranged for him to meet with a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, then took him to the airport, where he bought a ticket to Seoul.
Lee's wife and son are believed to have joined him later.
Only after Lee reported safely arriving in South Korea did "the officers, directors and managing agents of Hyundai" contact the Fountain Valley Police Department to report they had the SUV involved in the crash, the suit claims.
The lawsuit claims Hyundai encouraged "a corporate culture of drinking and driving," failed to rapidly report the accident and assisted Lee in a "flight from justice."
"The company and its employees have and continue to express the deepest sympathy for the victim of the tragic accident and his family and friends," Kathy Parker, vice president of human resources for Hyundai Motor America, said in a statement Wednesday.
The company terminated Lee shortly after the accident and doesn't know his whereabouts but has been cooperating with the investigation, Parker said.
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[19 Dec 2006|11:46pm] |
On the twelfth day of Christmas,  rinisaidgeta_lj sent to me... Twelve mormonnerds drumming Eleven aceesguerras piping Ten _wintersnows a-leaping Nine erinmayumis dancing Eight misfits a-milking Seven computers a-swimming Six guitars a-jamming Five eighte-e-e-een visions Four vegetarian foods Three internal affairs Two sinking ships ...and a champion in a farfromhope. |
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[28 Jul 2006|04:19am] |
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next to each number, leave a comment about 10 different people. (one for each person.) don't say who the person is.
1) i honestly think you're a bitch, a slut... what have you. i hate your guts and after you "attempted" to put a wedge inbetween my friendship with another person, ive despised you since that day. i hope you die a terrible death. by the way.. your face is nothing more than a big connect-the-dots.
2) what more can i say... i fucking love you to death. ive known you a great while and i just wish i could tell you how much you mean to me. i honestly want you to be the bearer of my children... our children. i want to spend an eternity with you. i want us to give a big "fuck you" to everyone whos hurt us in the past and just be happy.
3)you're fake... a fucking showboat. all you do is strive for attention and you think your the greatest thing next to sliced cheese but get over it. youre ugly and nothings going to change that.
4) you. we havent talked in along while. i feel distant from you more than ever. i dont know what it is that made it this way but it is this way. one things for sure... youll always be special in my heart. and if i ever start a family... EVER... i want you to be the godmother of my daughter. i love you through all the bullshit weve gone through over there years... whether it was between us or in our own personal lives.
5) you. make up your fucking mind. one day you love a person. the next you hate them. then you miss them. fucking pick a feeling for longer than a day. ps... drugs and alcohol arent going to fix your boy troubles. AND im glad i got over you. youre pathetic.
6) i love your big tits and i want them in my mouth.
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i couldnt think of anyone else to put in here. im very aggro and i do not regret it nor apologize for what i said. guess it comment it. do what you must.
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[20 Jul 2006|12:34am] |
this journal is useless.
i dont think there will be any more posts on this thing from here on out... well see i might change my mind.
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[16 Jul 2006|01:55am] |
dear vanessa priscilla ochoa.. or was it jihanna? or jade espaletta? we talked for 9 months..
and on december 17, 2004... i went to a show.
saw one of my favorite bands at the time... throwdown.
when i left that show... i made a very important decision in my life. that decision was... to end our relationship.. as friends, lovers, whatever YOUD like to call us. yea... weeks after that i thought of maybe... give you a chance to be friends and possibly shoot for something better in my future. but i chose to give my time to yvonne... which was a bad choice.
every few months youd message me and say "hey whats up? ive missed you. ive missed us".
i came to a decision a very long time ago... and time and time again ive chosen to stick by it.
no. i will not dedicate my time to you (by whatever alias you choose to go by that week). the "dreams" you had... of us.. me being the musician i wanted to be, of us having a family... little jade lauren nicholas dalton and ryan matthew... i wish... that to never happen EVER. i came to believe (or realize from my side) that everything you ever told me... was complete and utter bullshit. about your dad trying to murder you. about you trying to kill youself. the mental hospital, the rape, the abortion, ALL OF IT... is complete fiction that you wrote very well. im not bothered by what im saying... im not nervous... im not sad and crying that i have to finally say these words. im stoic... but internally i am fucking glad im finally saying this.
i took you out of life along time ago. and though i havent had the emotional high (and lows) i had when i talked to you... im more happy than i ever have been.
so continue to miss everything we once had... itll only be a memory... because those days are long forgotten... at least by me.
goodnight.
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[16 Jul 2006|01:29am] |
i miss everything n' such.
i shouldnt but i do.
and i would really make it work this time.
wow... just wow...
the girl who totally devastated me.. wants to try again.
fuck you. fuck you vanessa ochoa. fuck you.
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[10 Jul 2006|04:18pm] |
we put her down.
we put her down.
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[19 Jun 2006|01:28pm] |
love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love. love.
me.
bored.
must return to class in 10 mins.
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[13 Jun 2006|01:26am] |
so all day i havent been able to access livejournal.
gay.
its 1 something or other.. and im not tired again.
i didnt go to math class today and i feel im falling into my same routine.
permit test at the end of the week.
ps.
erica keeps posting bulletins about how shes either over me.. or cant find a way to talk to me.
bummer.
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[12 Jun 2006|03:39am] |
old Fall Out Boy...
and random ass messages from little 17 year old girl(s) from santa maria.
i still got the magic touch to bring forth disaster.
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[06 Jun 2006|06:08pm] |
so i dropped the girl i was talking to.
started throwing bullshit at me faster than a chimp could fling shit.
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[25 May 2006|12:26am] |
im close to having a girlfriend finally.
but is she really what i want?
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[13 May 2006|03:10am] |
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i think the 310 misses me... alot more than its putting out.
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[02 May 2006|10:44pm] |
sorry ihavefleas: and i guess i have a movie date?
x hella neat: !! who who who?!
x hella neat: which ex? haha
i got pwnd
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[30 Apr 2006|12:31am] |
so i went to final fight tonight. at chain... with vagary lights out AND force of change.
amazing show.. i stage dived and got punched in the eye during final fights set.. pics soon to follow.
i chatted with connor the singer of lights out for like 10-15 mins about how we got into hardcore.. the state of the scene and such.. and it was pretty informing. hopefully get to chill with that guy in may... in seattle.
ps...
i now own.. a get up kids shirt.
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[26 Apr 2006|09:02pm] |
moby likes Internal Affairs... you should too.
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[20 Apr 2006|04:44pm] |
but aside from that.. i got my hair cut... can we say.. posi top anyone?
ps..
if pot would actually kill... id be glad if it killed a few ppl. :).
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[18 Apr 2006|03:16pm] |
so within the last 2 months ive been increasing my music catalog. it started out getting some hardcore releases i didnt have and merged to increasing taste in non-hardcore music.
i have obtained:
3 Alkaline Trio Albums.
1 Ataris album.
1 Ataris EP.
1 Bad Brains Album.
1 Between The Buried and Me Album.
1 Bjork album.
1 Blink 182 album
2 Built to Spill Albums.
1 Cannibal Corpse Album.
1 Carry On Album.
1 Champion Album.
2 Champion EPs.
1 Cro-Mags Album.
1 Cryptic Slaughter Album.
1 Dynamite Boy Album.
1 Floorpunch Album.
1 Gayrilla Biscuits EP.
2 Give Up The Ghost Albums.
1 Hatebreed EP.
1 Internal Affairs Album.
1 Jawbreaker Album.
1 Movielife Album.
1 Nerve Agents Album.
2 New Found Glory Albums.
1 NoFX album.
1 Over My Dead Body EP.
1 Over My Dead Body Album.
1 Pantera Album.
2 Placebo Albums.
1 Saves The Day Album.
2 Shai Hulud Albums.
1 Shai Hulud EP.
3 Smiths Albums.
1 Strife Album.
1 Ten Yard Fight EP.
thats 45 releases... i have WAY too much time on my hands.
|EDIT|
make that 48..
i downloaded.
2 AFI EPs
and 1 AFI Album.
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