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THROWN FROM THE MINIVAN AND IS
STILL UNDERGOING
REHABILITATION.
THOMAS RUSKIN A FORMER NYPD
DETECTIVE WAS HIRED BY DANIEL
SCHULER AS A PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR.
THEY HAD A FALLING OUT BECAUSE
DANIEL SCHULER DID NOT WANT TO
BELIEVE, RUSKIN SAID, HIS WIFE
WAS AT FAULT.
RUSKIN SAYS HE TRIED TO TALK
SCHULER OUT OF FILING
LAWSUITS.
WHAT'S THE POINT?
>> I CAN'T -- I CAN'T TELL
YOU.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE
CAN FILE THIS TYPE OF LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND YOUR
BROTHER-IN-LAW.
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THERE
WAS MOVEMENT INSIDE SCHULER'S
HOUSE, NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR
WHEN I KNOCKED.
IN HIS LONG ISLAND
NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH, WHILE
PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO COMMENT
ON THE LAWSUITS, THEY DID
REMEMBER THE FATAL CRASH.
>> I CAN'T POSSIBLY COMPREHEND
HOW A WOMAN COULD HAVE BROUGHT
ABOUT SUCH A TERRIBLE EVENT.
>> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
SHE WAS DRUNK AND HIGH AT THE
TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
SHE DROVE THE WRONG WAY 1.7
MILES.
AND SHE KILLED 7 INNOCENT
PEOPLE.
AND HAD SHE SURVIVED THAT
ACCIDENT, SHE WOULD BE IN JAIL
TODAY.
>> Reporter: WE ALSO CONTACTED
THE LAWYER FOR SCHULER'S
BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHOM HE IS