Drunk driver who killed bride on wedding day.

My mates gf was killed by a drunken driver and my mate was so badly injured they covered him up assuming he was dead. The ambulance guy discovered shallow breathing.
He survived.
The driver who was a cop got 5 years and was out in three.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
I remember this happening last year. An unimaginable event that I can’t even begin to think how the groom managed to get through.

The drunk driver piece of shit has been sentenced to 25 years.

https://news.sky.com/story/husband-...ailed-for-killing-her-on-wedding-day-13265760
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25 years, out in half that on parole no doubt.

Not sure that’s a proper sentence for taking someone’s life in such horrific circumstances through your own selfishness and idiocy really.
 
Tragic story and good to see such a long sentence. I'm intrigued about the legal payouts from the 3 bars the driver had been drinking in though. Presumably for serving her when she was already drunk and not because they knew she was driving?

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Here's more details about that aspect if anyone's interested
www.live5news.com

$1.3M settlement awarded in Folly Beach crash that killed bride, injured groom

A judge has awarded the victims of the Folly Beach car crash that killed a bride on her wedding night and injured the groom and two others over $1 million.
www.live5news.com www.live5news.com

Each of the named establishments “should have known that they had the authority and obligation to train, control, and supervise their respective employees, agents, or servants, including any bartenders, servers or any other employee” to not overserve patrons alcohol and not place others at risk of incurring serious injury or death, the lawsuit states.
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Dubai Blue said:
Tragic story and good to see such a long sentence. I'm intrigued about the legal payouts from the 3 bars the driver had been drinking in though. Presumably for serving her when she was already drunk and not because they knew she was driving?

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Here's more details about that aspect if anyone's interested
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Also looks like the rental car company were sued as well. Bride's mother and groom fighting over control of the estate. All seems a bit strange to me.
 
Dubai Blue said:
Tragic story and good to see such a long sentence. I'm intrigued about the legal payouts from the 3 bars the driver had been drinking in though. Presumably for serving her when she was already drunk and not because they knew she was driving?

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Here's more details about that aspect if anyone's interested
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Looks like that. Presumably serving someone whilst they are intoxicated is a criminal act in SC, which then triggers some sort of civil liability. Seems a bit remote to me. Presumably no one at any of those bars made her get in her car. I guess the bars have a duty of care to their own customers whilst they are in the premises but if it extends beyond that, where does that end? Domestic violence spirngs to mind as an example of possible liability applying that principle further.
 
I can never get my head around "drink driving", You'd have to be an absolute **** of the highest order to drink and get into your car.

Putting yourself and more importantly other lives in danger. Selfish ****.

25 years is bollocks too. She should have got the electric chair.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Looks like that. Presumably serving someone whilst they are intoxicated is a criminal act in SC, which then triggers some sort of civil liability. Seems a bit remote to me. Presumably no one at any of those bars made her get in her car. I guess the bars have a duty of care to their own customers whilst they are in the premises but if it extends beyond that, where does that end? Domestic violence spirngs to mind as an example of possible liability applying that principle further.
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Yeah, that was my line of thinking. You'd be terrified to serve anyone if you're then held responsible for their actions.
 
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