Neville-Lake family files $25M lawsuit against Marco Muzzo in deaths of 3 kids, grandfather

A Toronto-area familywho lost four family members including three children in a horrific car crash last year has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the drunk driver convicted in their deaths.

The Neville-Lake family is seeking more than $25 million fromMarco Muzzo and his family's drywall company, Marel Contractors,arguing their negligence caused the crash that killed nine-year-oldDaniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Harrison, theirtwo-year-old sister Milly and the children's 65-year-oldgrandfather, Gary Neville.

In its statement of claim, the family says Muzzo was drunk,speeding and driving without corrective lenses after returning fromhis bachelor party in Miami last September and "created a situationof danger and emergency."

It also alleges Marel, which owned the SUV involved in the crash,failed to maintain the vehicle and allowed Muzzo to drive at a timewhen the company should have known he was impaired.

The suit was filed in April, just weeks after Muzzo was sentencedto 10 years in prison on four counts of impaired driving causingdeath and two of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

The statement of claim contains allegations that have not beenproven in civil court.

A statement of defence in the matter has not yet been filed.