Remember that runaway golf cart incident at Cowboys stadium? Sure you do. It made every blooper reel for months. Well, what you probably didn’t know was that Danny Amendola’s father was one of the cart’s victims. He’s suing the stadium for $1 million.
Here’s the video to refresh your memory.
Amendola was run over by a pilotless golf cart at the Texas Class AAAAA state championship in December 2011. The video is still posted on YouTube. Amendola coached the Dekaney Wildcats to the state championship.
“Immediately after his team winning the championship, while conducting an interview with the media, standing amongst reporters, at mid-field at Cowboys Stadium, Coach Amendola was struck, without warning, by a motorized cart, which employees, ostensibly agents, or agents of defendant and/or its entities, failed to exercise proper control over,” the complaint states.
“Videos of the incident confirm that ill-trained, unsupervised and grossly negligent employees, while acting in course and scope of their employment, threw objects into the floor of the motorized cart, which cause the cart to accelerate without manual operation.”
Court papers also describe Amendola as a hero for steering the cart away from would-be victims. That directly contradicts his statement that he suffered great personal embarrassment because of the incident.
You’re embarrassed because you’re a hero? I’m so confused.
Danny Amendola’s Father Sues Cowboys Stadium Over Runaway Golf Cart [Deadspin]