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Wrecked cars are shown on Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Avenue as Las Vegas Metro Police investigate a shooting and multi-car accident that left three people dead and three injured on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013. EDITOR’S NOTE: This photo has been digitally altered to obscure an image of one of the victims.
By Jackie Valley (contact) 
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 | 1:46 p.m.
The son of the taxi driver who died as a result of a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip has filed a lawsuit against the suspect, Ammar Harris.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Clark County District Court, alleges Harris, 26, failed to drive in a “manner reasonable and safe” Feb. 21, which caused a Maserati driven by Kenny Cherry Jr. to strike a taxi cab driven by Michael Boldon.
Michael Boldon, 62, and a passenger, 48-year-old Sandra Sutton-Wasmund of Maple Valley, Wash., died upon impact. The cab also exploded in fire.
Metro Police allege Harris, who was driving a black Range Rover, opened fire on Cherry, striking him and causing him to lose control of the Maserati. The Clark County Coroner’s Office determined Cherry died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
The lawsuit also indicates Michael A. Boldon, son of the deceased cab driver, is considering naming other possible defendants, such as individuals involved in a dispute at the valet area of the Aria, where police say the deadly chain of events began, as well as the companies that owned the Ranger Rover and manufactured the taxi.
The Boldon family’s attorney, Larry Smith, said he filed the lawsuit at this early stage, in part, as a means to elicit more information.
He said one of the lingering questions is why the cab exploded, sending a giant fireball into the air at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road.
“It’s a huge question,” Smith said. “That just does not happen in real life.”
Smith said the explosion could be the result of design problems or simply an “incredibly rare, freak thing.”
The lawsuit states the younger Boldon has suffered “a tremendous amount of grief and sorrow, loss of probable support, companionship, society and comfort for which he is entitled to be compensated” after the death of his father.
The son also wants compensation for his father’s funeral expenses. The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $10,000.
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I agree with filing against Harris but why against the leasing company of the Range Rover?
That is just showing they are looking for deep pockets once they file against anyone but the party that caused this.
This town is just too lawsuit happy. From the Glen Lerners, Ed Bernsteins and the littany of others that parade themselves all over the tv in typical shyster ads exhorting "call us if you're in a wreck"..mind you not to get your car fixed in a timely manner but rather to claim an injury so they can extort a cash windfall. God forbid you get into an accident in this town, you'll soon be hearing from the ambulance chasers.
There's one defendent...he sits in jail. Go after him. What next? sue the valet drivers because they should have known a deranged individual was going to start blasting away on the strip?
These people have suffered, but I just hate this "sue everyone" mentality that is likely to occur.
While I'm generally turned off by the litigious society in which we live, in this case I support the kid. At least in his filing vs. the shooter.
If you go to YouTube and enter his name you can find him preening and showing off stacks of $100 dollar bills. He's bragging about his pimp lifestyle and it's ill-gotten gains.
Why not let the family of the cabbie get the money?
And how's that sweet existence going for you now Mr. Harris? You're 26 years-old and your life is basically over. You'll either spend the rest of it in prison, or they may strap you to a chair and fill your veins with a concoction that will end it.
Way cool, man...
Everyone always out to make a quick buck off of anything. I guess profiting from his fathers death is how he mourns.
Get the video from the nightclub. Get the unit status information from the police department. Get the video from the cab companies and the hotels that show the cars moving up the Strip. Get the blood alcohol content from the medical records of Cherry. Get the statements of the other occupants of both vehicles.
If the players were all drunk and were causing an incident at the nightclub...and nobody called the police...they just 'dumped' the problem onto the Strip...and if there were no police officers 'clear' in the area or even available to respond...then there might be a chance to get to the key information that would help a lawsuit. It sounds like a 'perfect storm' of circumstances all colliding at Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard.
And I'm still waiting to see the two key people in this situation...Captain Fasulo and Lt. Karen Hughes. They are in charge of policing the Strip and policing the pimps - respectively.
The only explanation that I have seen so far is Hughes using language about RESPECTABILITY and LOYALTY - when referring to pimps - pathetic!
The cab driver came out to Vegas to help a relative who suffered a stroke. As the article states this is a way to obtain and preserve evidence and information Sometimes people like Harris inherit money etc. I think the night club should be sued. Hopefully people will step up to help the victims of this crash.
Just $10,000? All defendants better settle now while it's cheap.
Good!
Probably what really transpired is that the younger Bolden was sitting at home mourning over the loss of his father and one or more or those lawyers contacted HIM. I believe the term is ambulance chasers.
No no no no no! WRONG!
You don't sue the guy who is responsible. Take a cue from Las Vegas' very own Robert Eglet, ambulance chaser extraordinaire: YOU SUE WHO HAS THE MONEY! You sue Maserati, Range Rover, City Center, Aria, Haze, Metro, the gun maker, the rapper who performed at Haze, the cab company, the maker of the cab, and the producer of the gasoline that filled the gas tank of the cab!
Duh! Hello!???
Go after Cab Company,Shooter and whoever hit the Cab