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Familes of men killed in Jose Fernandez boat crash sue late pitcher’s estate

The families of the two men riding with late Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez in a fatal boat crash are filing suit against his estate, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

Both families are seeking $2 million in negligence and personal injury lawsuits. Eduardo Rivero and Emilio Macias were riding with Fernandez, who was found to have been legally drunk with cocaine in his system at the time of the accident. Autopsies revealed Rivero had a blood alcohol level of .06 with cocaine also in his system, and Macias had a blood alcohol level of .04. It is unknown who was driving the boat when the men crashed in the early morning on Sept.