The family of Gavin Knupp, the 14-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2022, has filed a civil suit against several co-defendants, including Tyler Mailloux, two of his family members, and his former employer.
On June 25, Tiffany and Ray Knupp and their daughter, Summer Knupp, filed suit in Worcester County Circuit Court against Mailloux, the Berlin man serving 18 months for a traffic offense in Knupp’s death, his mother, Kearston Frey, his stepfather, Ralph DeAngelus, his employer, Matt Ortt Companies and the Ocean Pines Association, which has a working relationship with the company.
The suit seeks damages on all 16 counts, which includes negligence, wrongful death, negligent entrustment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
“This lawsuit is the next step in holding accountable all those responsible for Gavin’s death,” Neil Dubovsky, the Knupp family’s attorney, said in a statement this week. “Beyond that we will have no comment while litigation is ongoing.”
The 40-page lawsuit details the events that occurred the night of July 11, 2022, when Knupp was struck and killed by a motorist on Grays Corner Road, as well as the days that followed.
Specifically, the suit claims Mailloux, as the driver of the black Mercedes involved in the accident, “made no attempts to stop and/or render aid to Gavin Knupp, failed to provide his insurance information to Gavin or Summer Knupp, never returned to the scene, and failed to report to emergency services that he had just struck a pedestrian.”
All those involved in the cover up should be charged, tried, and prosecuted to the fullest extent for the wrongful death of this young man.
After all this time there are still far too many uneducated people here on the shore. While what happened to this young man is tragic, Ralph did in fact immediately call his attorney to let the Police know the vehicle involved was in fact in his garage that very evening. The attorney contacted the Police and informed them of such. It was the Police who screwed up and delayed coming to the home and then ACTED like they had discovered the vehicle days later. There was NO COVER UP. Why your local media has covered this FACT up for all this time is beyond me. Now that you are educated on the facts perhaps many of you will stop being so harsh on other people and concentrate on the driver that left the scene. Quit blaming everyone else.
We are educated here on the shore 1:31, just not to your liking.