WHEATON – The defendants in a wrongful-death suit brought by the mother of Max Dobner, an Aurora man who died in a 2011 car crash after smoking synthetic marijuana, say the young man bears most of the blame for the incident that claimed his life.

Last month, the defendants – Ruby Mohsin of Glen Ellyn and Kevin and Brandon Seydel of Bettendorf, Iowa – said in documents filed in DuPage County court they believe Dobner misused a particular kind of product, known commonly as synthetic marijuana, to become intoxicated, and, as a result, crashed his car into a house at Mooseheart Road and Route 31 in Batavia Township.

Dobner died in the June 14, 2011, crash.