No easy answers in wrongful death suit

— -- From the moment Tony Stewart's car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. in a sprint-car race Aug. 9, 2014, at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park, it appeared highly likely he would face a wrongful death lawsuit.

That became a reality Friday when the Ward family filed its lawsuit in New York state court in Lewis County, the county where they live and operate a painting business. The case pits Stewart against the family of Ward, a 20-year-old Empire Super Sprints driver who ran out of his car on foot toward Stewart's car as Stewart drove around under caution. The right rear tire of Stewart's car struck and killed Ward.