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$2.255 Million to be Paid by Police Officer and Bar to Settle Car Crash Lawsuit
Four killed by officer in drunk driving crash; Officer and bar found at fault
St. Louis website, Stltoday.com, reports an off-duty police officer and the bar which served her alcohol will pay $2.255 million to the families of the four young people who died in a car crash on March 21, 2009.
The wrongful death lawsuit states the 42-year-old police officer had consumed a “high quantity” of alcohol at O’Leary’s Restaurant & Bar before leaving to drive home. On her way home she crossed the center line and drove her Mitsubishi into the Honda about 1:45 a.m. All four passengers were killed and the driver suffered a head injury, fractured rib, liver trauma and lung and skull contusions.
The bar was included in the lawsuit because its employees knew the police officer was drunk and did not call her a cab or stop her from driving her car. […]
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Driver Dies In Crash – Widow Sues Business For Serving Too Much Alcohol
Pennsylvania’s The Times Tribune reports the widow of a 29-year-old man killed in a one-car accident in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging businesses over-served her husband alcohol.
The suit was has been filed against Valley Bowling Lanes Inc., Champion’s Lounge, Inc., and Bowl Credit, Inc., Carbondale Twp; and Chico’s Lounge Inc., Mayfield and alleges the businesses should have known her husband was intoxicated and unable to drive home the night of his accident. It states the businesses’ bartenders, bouncers and/or managers failed to fulfill their responsibilities.
A minor son is also named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit which is seeking more than $50,000 plus interest and other court costs in addition to punitive damages.
The Scranton, Pennsylvania attorneys of Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys have years of experience representing the survivors of wrongful death victims. […]
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Officer and Bar to Pay $2.25 Million In Fatal Car Crash
A police officer and the bar which served her were held accountable for a fatal car crash caused by drunk driving. They will pay a total of $2.255 million for the wrongful death of four people and the injuries to another man, reports St. Louis Today.
The lawsuit claimed the police officer had consumed a “high quantity” of alcohol at O’Leary’s Restaurant and Bar and the employees at the bar knew she was intoxicated and did not stop her from driving or call her a cab. Despite her slurred speech and unsteady walk, the bar continued to serve her alcohol. After leaving the bar, the officer crashed her car into a Honda with five students from India.
The driver of the car hit by the police officer suffered a head injury, a fractured rib, liver trauma, lung contusion, […]
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Bar Owners Will Pay $1.3 Million In Drunk Driving Death
The former owners of a restaurant in Gresham, Oregon will pay $1.3 million after being accused of serving too much alcohol to a convicted drunk driver who killed two young women reports KATU.com. The judge could more than double that amount.
Although the Golden Star Restaurant is now under different ownership, the parents of the young women sued the former owners accusing them of knowingly over-serving the driver and then allowing her to drive.
The bar had a history of over-serving its patrons and had received several written warnings from the Gresham police, an Oregon Liquor Control Commission fine and dozens of patron DUI arrests, according to news reports.
The two young women were celebrating a 21st birthday when their car was hit head-on by the drunk driver going the wrong way on the highway. Neither woman had alcohol in her system. […]
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AAA: 9% Admit Driving Drunk, 54% Admit Using Phone While Driving
Traffic safety poll displays drivers’ hypocritical behavior
The AAA Foundation, the non-profit arm of AAA Auto Club, recently released its annual Traffic Safety Culture Index for 2008.
The survey, conducted on nearly 3,000 American motorists 18+, revealed a “do as I say, not as I do” mentality amongst most drivers.
75% of those surveyed feel that they are safer drivers than others out on our nation’s roadways; however, most admit to engaging in the same risky behavior they deem “serious or extremely serious” safety violations by others.
87% rate drunk driving as the number one concern they have about roadway safety; however, 9% (roughly 15 million adult motorists) admit to having driven under the influence within the past 30 days. This includes almost 2% that report doing it “very often.”
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