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Gattos file suit against city
Allege Statesboro officials knowingly weakened alcohol enforcement, set stage for sons death at Rud
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Michael Joseph Gatto
A lawsuit filed Oct. 26 by attorneys for the parents of Michael Joseph Gatto, who was 18 when he died after being punched unconscious by a bouncer at the Rude Rudy’s nightclub, means a jury may eventually be asked to assign a dollar value to Gatto’s life and decide whether the city of Statesboro shares the blame. Both Gatto and his assailant, Grant James Spencer, were Georgia Southern University students. Gatto, a recent South Forsyth High School graduate from Cumming, had arrived in Statesboro as a freshman two weeks before their fatal confrontation the night of Aug. 27, 2014.
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