Family Sues Bar Following Son's Auto Accident Death
In Humble, Texas the family of a 23-year-old man who died in an automobile accident in April is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar where the victim was drinking prior to the accident. The 23-year-old man was one of two people who died in the single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred April 27th when the vehicle collided into a ditch and then into two poles. The collision caused the vehicle to go airborne and the second victim to be ejected from the vehicle.
The 23-year-old’s family filed a lawsuit against the bar claiming that the server provided enough alcohol to them to cause both victims to get legally drunk and did not offer any sort of assistance to prevent a dangerous situation. The family claims the two victims were clearly in a state where they could have posed a danger to themselves or others. Representatives for the bar stated the bar claimed no wrongdoing and that they require every employee to attend a training program that is approved by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
There are two ways the case could go in this wrongful death lawsuit. The bar server could be held accountable for this incident if there is enough evidence to show that they acted negligent in providing service to the victims. Many bartenders will stop serving alcohol to a person if they believe they have had too much to drink and that they could pose a danger to themselves or others. If the bartender in this incident realized how intoxicated the victims were, the bartender could be held liable because they made no attempts to prevent the victims from getting into danger.
However, the wrongful death suit could be reversed if there is enough evidence to show that the victims left the bar on their own volition and were in enough capacity to be aware of what they were doing when they left the bar. If this is the case, the victim’s family could lose the lawsuit because the victim still had the ability to determine whether getting behind the wheel was a good idea or not. Regardless of the result of this lawsuit, the fact of the matter is that any automobile accident related to drunk driving could easily be avoided if the intoxicated parties did not get behind the wheel and called a cab instead.
