21 years after clash, Rotterdam man dies

A panicked Page hopped on the back of the chair, which only made matters worse, and nearly caused them to careen into a group of police officers working a drunk driving detail.

John enjoyed seeing shows at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center — especially Phish and the Grateful Dead — and became a huge Dallas Cowboys football fan because his father loathed the team.

In September 1996, Christopher Borst pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, a misdemeanor and received 500 hours community service and three years probation in the Keppler case, according to a Rotterdam court clerk.

A lawsuit seeking $10 million subsequently filed in state Supreme Court in Schenectady County states the argument "over the affections of a certain female" became physical when Borst threw Keppler to the ground "resulting in a broken neck and a severed spinal cord rendering the plaintiff a paraplegic."

Defense attorney Steven X. Kouray recalled Thursday that the suit was handled by his late father, Christian X. Kouray,