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Originally Posted by valo403
The family wasn't prescribing him medication, and therefore had no duty to monitor his prescriptions. The family wasn't operating a drug treatment program, and therefore had no duty to comply with the standards of that program.
His family likely should have done a better job of looking out for him much earlier in his life/career, but that has nothing to do with legal liability.
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Yes, I am aware of this. Ultimately, this is a situation where the family likely wants someone to blame. But the blame ultimately rests on Boogaard's own decisions, and the family's willingness to go along with it - and in Aaron's case especially, to
encourage it.
I can't guess at what level of culpability, if any, the NHL bears until the evidence emerges. So far, all we have is an "its everyone's fault but his own" complaint.