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Posted: 2:34 PM Oct 7, 2008
Bar, Driver Ordered to Pay Damages in Fatal Wreck
A Kanawha County jury has ordered a bar owner and a man convicted of drunken driving to pay nearly $400,000 in damages in a fatal highway accident.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A Kanawha County jury has ordered a bar owner and a man convicted of drunken driving to pay nearly $400,000 in damages in a fatal highway accident.
The circuit court jury's verdict came Tuesday in a lawsuit filed in 2002 by Michael Landers of South Charleston against Frank's Place owner James Frank Jarrett and Robert A. Lanham.
Landers' mother was one of three people killed when a car driven by Lanham collided with another vehicle on State Route 21 in February 2000. The accident occurred after Lanham left the bar.
He later pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and causing death while driving under the influence.
Jurors ordered Lanham to pay $128,179 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages. The bar was ordered to pay $220,000 in compensatory damages.
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Posted by: stuart
on Oct 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM
I understand where nancy is coming from. The drunks in kenova are annoying but you have that anywhere you live. Which I think was nancy's point-what happened in Charleston bar can very well happen in kenova because of all the drunks. unfortanutlely, not much you can do about other peoples actions. shame
Posted by: Good bartender
on Oct 9, 2008 at 08:18 PM
A good bartender knows when the person has had too much and not to let them drive. WV state laws that the bartender,the owner as well as the driver can be find for the DUI charges. The bartender should of took the keys of the driver. Or stop serving the alcohol.
Posted by: Pablo
on Oct 9, 2008 at 07:49 PM
The bar owner has to accept responsibility. If the bar owner is more concerned with profit than their cumstomers driving drunk and killing people on the highway, they deserve to be sued. And no bartender is going to know when someone is legally drunk. We have the size of the person drinking, age, how fast they drink, when they last ate, etc. all contributing to how fast one becomes drunk. But the average person knows when someone is drunk. I can be on the street and see someone walk by and with reason say if that person is obviously drunk or not. Of course, there will be some who are legally drunk but won't be detectable by the average person. But this killer was obviously drunk as the bartender continued to sell him alcohol. In my opinion, the drunk driver causing death should be executed. The bartender should get a lenghty prison term for selling a drunk alcohol and the bar owner should be sued for big bucks. And if you drunks in here don't like it... too bad.
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