Personal Fallout
However, Ferko had his life fall apart as a direct result of the lawsuit. He lost his job in food safety, because his boss disliked the publicity that Ferko received, and he and his wife were forced to move to Atlanta for his new job. Shortly after moving, their 20-year-old son Anthony, who did not move with them because of his own 6-month-old son, committed suicide. After he and his wife failed to win custody of their grandson, they were divorced.
In 2005, prior to the initial running of the Dickies 500, Ferko said that "nowing what I know now, I definitely would not have pursued .... I never expected those kinds of unintended consequences to occur."
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