Personal Injury Law

Saint Louis Car Crash Lawyer: Rob Ramage, Former Hockey Player, Gets Four Years by Ontario Judge for Deadly Car Crash

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

An Ontario Canada judge sentenced former St. Louis blue Rob Ramage today for the car crash that killed Chicago Blackhawk Keith Magnuson in 2003. Justice Alexander Sosna sentenced him to four years in prison and suspended his right to drive for five years, despite the Magnuson family's plea to the judge not to do so.

In 2003, Magnuson was killed when Ramage hit another vehicle near Toronto while impaired. A jury found Ramage guilty on all five counts charged. Evidence showed Ramage was four times over the legal limit, however this was disputed by Ramage.

Last November, in a civil Missouri wrongful death lawsuit, a jury awarded the Magnuson family $9.5 million dollars for their losses in the civil suit against Ramage and National Car Rentals of Canada.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).