Fatal Stabbing at Vy Da Sports Club in South Philadelphia Demands Immediate Investigation If Lawsuit Against the Bar is Considered

In the early morning hours of November 2, 2008 two men were knifed, one fatally, in a fight outside the Vy Da Sports Club in South Philadelphia, following a fight outside the club around 1 a.m.

The question of whether the Club owner has any responsibility or liability for these murders will be determined by quick and competent investigation of the circumstances of the fight and whether the premises had inadequate security in place that would have prevented the killings. 

In any case involving inadequate security of premises, where it's a Club like Vy Da Sports, a parking lot, bar, apartment complex or other premise, investigators need to consider the following:

1.  Current Code Violations
2.  Past Code Violations
3.  Multiple Premise Violations in the past
4.  Interviews with former tenants and former employees
5.  Internal and external marketing materials about the premises
6.  Advertisements in local community papers, brochures and magazines about the premises

This type of early investigation could make the case that adequate security precautions because of known risks to the owner of Clubs such as Vy Da Sports would have prevented these assaults that ended up with one patron dead.