Rock's innocent man, Billy Joel, is being challenged. On Feb. 15, Tamara Cooper of Orange County, N.Y., filed a $5 million suit against the singer and his drummer Liberatori Devitto, among others, alleging she sustained injuries at a Joel concert in New Jersey last April. No raucous mosh pit here: Cooper claims she was ''struck by multiple drumsticks'' resulting in ''severe and serious personal injuries'' and possible ''loss of body function.'' Huh? Cooper's lawyer didn't return calls; Joel's had no comment; Devitto couldn't be reached. Noted personal-injury lawyer Harvey Weitz calls the case dubious, unless Devitto was actually out for blood: ''A guy loses his stick -- that's inadvertent, not in the negligent sense.'' Joel losing his piano, on the other hand, now that would be a lawsuit.
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