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WFAA - Lawsuit claims 'joyriding problem' led to death

WFAA coverage follows the NorthPark lawsuit alleging that joyriding remained a known danger in the mall's garages after one man was killed and another injured.

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WFAA reported on the NorthPark lawsuit alleging that a known joyriding and drifting problem in the mall parking garages contributed to a crash that killed one visitor and severely injured another. The segment explains that Marc Lenahan represents the families, describes the alleged path of the speeding car through the Nordstrom garage, and notes the lawsuit's request for stronger safety measures and parking-lot closures.

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hard to believe that dangerous stunt happened in a parking garage where a lot of us walked with our family's. NorthPark is one of the nicest malls in Texas, but tonight it's accused of ignoring a deadly problem with joy riding. Six months ago, a man was killed in a horrific crash, met Howard and talkto lawyers, finding to shut down those parking lots for an entire year. Boycott NorthPark. They don't want to take care of the customers. Don't want their customers taking care of them. It's a holiday season plea from a Dallas attorney who is contesting in a lawsuit that drifting and joy riding at one of the most well known malls in Texas killed this man and severely injured another earlier this year. It is inevitable that there will be injuries in this conduct, their never intended. But they're gonna happen. In March, Christopher Shaw was arrested in a parking garage next to Nordstrom in a digital reenactment created by the attorney for you to watch, and she gua, weighing both men, can be seen walking into the mall when police say Shaw turned a corner at a high rate of speed and hit them both Wah died on impact in Wang was thrown from the second story, thought the coast was clear he was wrong and end up killing a man and shattering another attorney, Marc Lenahan, represents the families of both men, who are Chinese citizens. In a lawsuit filed against NorthPark Wednesday, he alleges that Shaw was joyriding at the time of the accident and at the mall has done nothing to stop daredevils doing doughnuts or burnouts dating back to 2011. He says aerial photos tell the tale of burnt rubber scarring the pavement off parking lots. If we can see it, any trained security should have seen it. Also, NorthPark sent us a statement saying in part, that it unequivocally denies all claims of wrongdoing. If the suit does go to trial and Lenahan wins, the mall may have to shut down its parking lots for a year as a penalty, a price that Lenahan says if NorthPark doesn't care about its guest, a more than cares about money. I don't want it's gas. Caring about them is worth paying in doubts. I'm at Howard

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