DJ AM Estate Files Wrongful Death Suit

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The estate of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein is suing several companies and individuals, including Clay Lacy Aviation, the company that chartered the Learjet plane that crashed in September 2008 in South Carolina.

In court documents obtained by "The Insider," Goldstein's estate claims that the plane crash "ultimately caused" his death.

The estate claims that Goldstein "suffered severe pre and post-impact injury, including but not limited to, severe burns to his body from the post-impact fire, damage to property, pain, suffering, and emotional distress."

The estate is also suing Learjet, Goodyear Tire, Global Exec Aviation, a travel services company, and the estates of the two pilots who died in the crash.

The famed disc jockey was found dead on August 28. The New York City Medical Examiner told "The Insider" back in September that Goldstein died of "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole -- a drug that is used to cut cocaine. The cause of his death was listed as "accident (substance abuse)."

Published 11/13/09 by the Insider

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  • You can't blame the doctor for the drugs in his system! There is NO doctor(with the exception of some corrupt ones) that would prescribe 2 different pain killers (the percocets and vicoden) and 3 different nerve pills (ativan,klonopin,and xanax) so it is obvious he was buying prescription drugs on the street and taking them without his doctor's knowledge! Then you mix in the cocaine and then benadryl to cover the after effects of the cocaine, he was just a drug addict! If I had to bet though, I would put my money on the levamisole that his cocaine was cut with is probably what killed him! That stuff is no good and has very bad effects on many people's bodies! That is why it was removed from pharmacies back in early 2000s! So yeah, everyone loves to point fingers and blame someone else, which is all too common now in days, but the bottom line is, it is the person that puts the stuff in their body that is responsible for THEIR ACTIONS!! DJ AM died because HE CHOSE to put a lot of various drugs into his system! It sucks that he died no matter how you look at it, but if you are going to point fingers, you have to point them at him for snorting all the cocaine, and eating or snorting all the other pills as well! It's no ones fault but his own!!!
    Anonymous 11/22/09 Reply
  • Doctors today are just legal pushers of drugs and need to be held accountable.
    Anonymous 11/15/09 Reply
  • I think the responsibility lies with his doctors first, because a doctor should know how dangerous the situation is when a sober addict requires meds
    catbme 11/14/09 Reply
  • a Good well informed doctor would know this could set the addict up for a slip in other words it may make him go back to drugs.
    catbme 11/14/09 Reply
    • So DJ should have been made aware he needed centain drugs and then he'd need detox again and still he be at risk for relapse
      catbme 11/14/09
    • its very sad that most doctors are not aware of how delicate the addict's a medical condition is when requiring medication
      catbme 11/14/09
    • and if they went back to drugs that the body would react more strongly risk of overdose be greater
      catbme 11/14/09
  • I think the responsiblitity lies with doctors and D.J to a point any addict should be made aware by his doctor if he gets injured and needs pain medication it is a tricky situation
    catbme 11/14/09 Reply
  • ....move on with their life. Everyone has suffered. DJ should have sought a different avenue of help instead of using more drugs. Just let it go.
    Anonymous 11/14/09 Reply
  • This family need big money, so what do they do start suing ever body. DJ must not have had any money left in the banked for his family to grovel over.
    The pilot's family has suffered enough from the lost of their family member. Why can't they just let it all go. DJ should have sought more help in dealing with his problems instead of taking drugs.
    Anonymous 11/14/09 Reply
  • Cool:)
    NeverLetGo 11/13/09 Reply