The still unofficial Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was brought by Larry and Bonnie Carlon, the father and mother of the late 44-year-old Tory Carlon, against the estate of Jonathan Patrick Tatone, seeking unspecified damages as well as compensation for funeral and burial expenses.
Carlon was working at Station No. 81 on Sierra Highway on June 1 when the 45-year-old Tatone, who also was an engineer but was off duty, arrived and an argument ensued, authorities said.
Tatone subsequently shot Carlon, who later died, and county Fire Capt. Arnie Sandoval, who survived.
Tatone departed to his Acton residence, which he set afire before shooting himself to death.
“The defendant had a longstanding, job-related workplace dispute with the decedent,” the plaintiffs’ court papers state.
The plaintiffs have suffered financial losses as well as the comfort and companionship Carlon provided them, the plaintiffs’ court papers state.
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Beecee says
Sorry for your loss Carlon’s
Claire says
Oh how I wish the moderator would remove Tim Scott’s ugly comments. There is no truth to his comments, only causing damage and great pain to Tori Carlon’s loved ones.
Tim Scott says
How do you know there’s “no truth” there Claire? This is a matter of law, and it is the family that chose to make it that. Do you think that a jury should be prevented from hearing opinions other than the family’s? Do you think their lawyer didn’t encourage them to take their grief as public as they could to influence the case?
There’s another grieving family involved here that would undoubtedly prefer to be left in peace. Do you not have any sympathy for them?
Joyce Carlon says
Tim Scott maybe you should get your facts straight before popping your mouth off! He was the kindest, soft spoken person in the world.. I think you are calling the wrong person the bully! I am his sister and don’t appreciate your untruthful nasty name calling.
Tim Scott says
Yeah I’ve talked to plenty of people who knew him and none of them were terribly surprised.
Sorry for your loss, but when your family cries lawsuit the facts have to be brought out.
Brent Carlon says
Tim Scott
Obviously you don’t have the facts and are getting wrong information from people that have not seen the facts or know any real facts.
Joyce Carlon says
So if you think you know the facts let hear them?? And who you heard them from?? It disgust me how people have no sympathy for what a family goes through when a preventable tragedy could have been avoided. I pray no one ever has to go through what our family has gone through..
Tim Scott says
I have plenty of sympathy. However you have opted to make this an issue of courts, not sympathies. In an issue before the court everyone’s opinion matters. Opinions that are not colored by the prospect of financial gain matter more than yours, to be frank.
Notice how the first place you go is “who are these people, I will bully them down.” That’s exactly how they say your brother would react, were he alive.
I understand grief, trust me. But the place to grieve is actually NOT the comments section of the local news source. This IS a good place to influence opinions in support of your case, but you can’t expect to do that unchallenged.
Tim Scott says
Raise a bully, sue when someone kills them. It’s the American way.
Good Morning America says
Shooting off the hip Timmy you need to reflect or find a better hobby.
Brent says
You don’t have a clue what you are talking about. He had never bullied anyone in his life.
Tim Scott says
“Never bullied anyone in his life” is a pretty wide claim. It sounds a whole lot more like hyperbolic defensiveness than fact.
It’s fine for a comments section, but if your targets don’t fold as expected under Carlon family lawyer firepower and this actually gets to court you will need to do better.
Renee says
Irregardless of what you think you know, cold blooded murder is not acceptable to resolve disagreement issues. Work place or otherwise.
To the Carlon family I am so so sorry for your loss. God bless!
Tim Scott says
Well, I don’t think anyone is trying to absolve the murderer, but he is dead so there’s not much to be done about him really.
Tim Scott says
Truth be told Claire, the entire article shouldn’t be here. The outcome was totally predictable when the Carlon’s lawyer submitted it.
Joyce says
It’s sounds like someone is using their job to put out information. If that is true you will lose your job. There are laws against that.. karma!
Tim Scott says
Well, no.
It is in fact the lawyer’s job to put out information. That’s how a small staffed news site like the AVTimes gets a “scoop” about “legal papers filed” before there is even an official case. It doesn’t take any inside information to know that.
When people hear “bully” they think of “gimme your lunch money or I punch you in the nose,” but the really effective bully is the one that punches you in the nose and quickly says “my family has money and lawyers on retainer…if you hit me back you will regret it.” And your family has had lawyers on retainer since before you were born, right Joyce?
Surprising how fast the “oh my grief for my brother” disappeared into the snarl of “I’ll have your job!!!” isn’t it? Well, no, I guess it really isn’t.
Tim Scott says
Educated guess confirmed accurate. Thanx.