Overview
- On Nov. 27, 2024, a Tesla driven the wrong way on I‑95 struck Sgt. Jeremy Cole’s SUV head‑on, killing the Endicott College officer, according to prosecutors.
- Laura Cole filed a wrongful‑death suit in Suffolk Superior Court naming House of Blues Boston and Live Nation and asking for about $50 million for wrongful death, pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and punitive damages.
- The complaint alleges employees continued serving the driver while he was visibly intoxicated and cites a hospital blood draw of about 0.19, receipts for multiple small vodka bottles, and a cannabis‑store receipt found in the vehicle.
- Keoma Duarte has pleaded guilty to related New Hampshire charges and faces sentencing there in November 2026 while Massachusetts manslaughter and OUI charges remain pending with a trial date to be set.
- The defendants had not yet publicly answered the civil complaint and the suit raises broader questions about dram‑shop liability and venue alcohol‑service practices that will proceed separately from the criminal cases.