. Several restaurants plan to sue the estate of the man who killed himself after leaving homemade bombs around Aspen on New Year’s Eve.
They hope to recoup some of the losses they suffered when the bomb scare halted celebrations.
Ten restaurants have retained the Aspen law firm Garfield & Hecht, which plans to file suit this week against the estate of 72-year-old James Chester Blanning.
New Year’s festivities were canceled across the mountain resort town as police cleared downtown to find the bombs.
“We’re not doing this for the money,” said Scott Brasington, a co-owner of the restaurant Kenichi, which is spearheading the legal action. “We’re doing this to make a statement.
“Whether it’s a Sno-Cat, a mining claim or whatever, we feel it belongs to the restaurant workers who took a huge hit.”
