The lawsuit was filed against Raymond L. Burley, III and his employer, Ambuserve, Inc., after Mr. Burley drove drunk with a blood alcohol level in excess of .11 following an employer-sponsored holiday work party at Acapulco's Restaurant in Long Beach, California, and struck and killed Mr. Manu after "blacking out" while driving home from the work party. The Wrongful Death Complaint alleges that Ambuserve, Inc. hosted the annual open bar holiday party for company employees and did not restrict or monitor employee drinking, failed to take action to stop Mr. Burley's increasing intoxication, failed to stop Mr. Burley from driving and failed to call a taxicab or alternative transportation for Mr. Burley to prevent harm to Mr. Manu and others. Mr. Manu was only 27 years old at the time of his death and the lawsuit was filed on behalf of the three young, minor children Mr. Manu left behind, Maac (Age 8), Taliyah (Age 7) and Maliyah (Age 1 ½) and Mr. Manu's mother, Rose Manu, all of Long Beach, California. Mr. Manu is also survived by his fiancé and mother of his children, Tarina Guess.
Thomas F. Mortimer, Jr., co-counsel with Kevin Mahoney and Sean M. Blakely of the Mahoney Law Group, issued the following statement today: "Hosting an employee holiday party, providing paid and unrestricted access to alcohol for employees without paying attention to intoxicated employees who have had too much to drink and not calling them a taxicab is reckless and inexcusable. An ambulance company hosting an open bar employee holiday party and allowing their ambulance drivers and employees like Mr. Burley to leave the party and endanger others after drinking is unconscionable and must be stopped so this never happens again to another innocent family."
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Contact information: Thomas F. Mortimer, Esq.; MAHONEY LAW GROUP, APC; located at 249 E. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 814, Long Beach, CA 90802; phone number (562) 590-5550
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