Retired ballplayer Leyritz settles wrongful death suit from crash
Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter in a 2007 crash that left a woman dead
<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->May 24, 2010|By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel
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<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->FORT LAUDERDALE — Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz has settled a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a car crash, agreeing to pay $350,000 to the family of a woman killed in the collision, the family's attorneys said Monday.
Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter in the Dec. 28, 2007, crash that killed Fredia Veitch, 30, of Plantation, and is awaiting trial.
Both Leyritz and Veitch, who had not been wearing a seat belt, had blood alcohol levels that exceeded the state's legal limit for drivers when the crash occurred about 3 a.m. at a downtown Fort Lauderdale intersection, authorities said at the time.
Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter in a 2007 crash that left a woman dead
<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->May 24, 2010|By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel
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<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->FORT LAUDERDALE — Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz has settled a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a car crash, agreeing to pay $350,000 to the family of a woman killed in the collision, the family's attorneys said Monday.
Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter in the Dec. 28, 2007, crash that killed Fredia Veitch, 30, of Plantation, and is awaiting trial.
Both Leyritz and Veitch, who had not been wearing a seat belt, had blood alcohol levels that exceeded the state's legal limit for drivers when the crash occurred about 3 a.m. at a downtown Fort Lauderdale intersection, authorities said at the time.
