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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. This wouldn't work in Kansas.

Tue May 14, 2019, 10:13 AM

May 2019

Court: Kansas bars can't be sued by drunken driving victims
Associated Press
Posted 21 hrs ago

KANSAS CITY, KS (AP) -- The Kansas Supreme Court says victims injured by drunken drivers can't sue the bars that served them.

KCUR-FM reports that the high court's ruling on Friday comes in the case of Jeff Kudlacik, who was placed in a medically induced coma and faced months of rehabilitation following a car accident involving a drunken driver in 2015.

The driver who hit Kudlacik, Michael Smith, had a blood alcohol content of nearly 0.18, which is more than twice the legal level of impairment in Kansas.

Kudlacik sued the two bars that served Smith before the accident. ... But the Supreme Court says it's bound by a 1985 case that found Kansas doesn't have a law allowing victims of drunken driving accidents to hold alcohol vendors accountable for their patrons. ... The court says it's up to the Legislature to change the rule.

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press.

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(Medal of Freedom awardee) Tiger, girlfriend named in wrongful death lawsuit [View all] underpants May 2019 OP

I smell a pardon! (orange scented). nt Maine-i-acs May 2019 #1

I don't think a pardon would be available (not federal). Ilsa May 2019 #14

Correct, plus it is a civil suit treestar May 2019 #16

then a flurry of tweets to his defense will begin Maine-i-acs May 2019 #18

This wouldn't work in Kansas. mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 #2

Sounds like the Kansas SC doesn't know what courts are for. GeorgeGist May 2019 #3

Kansas needs to get on it! RANDYWILDMAN May 2019 #4

That's a warning to stay off the roads in Kansas after 5PM as drivers can be drunk AF. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #5

Florida has a drinking problem. Baitball Blogger May 2019 #6

I'm assuming, since the article doesn't explicitly say, rsdsharp May 2019 #7

The AP article says that Woods is the owner FakeNoose May 2019 #8

Thank you. rsdsharp May 2019 #10

The parents see a HUGE settlement from Woods. madinmaryland May 2019 #15

Wait, the guy was an adult, right? Sorry, parents, but your son killed himself. yellowcanine May 2019 #9

Isn't there a law against serving alcohol to the obviously intoxicated? MH1 May 2019 #11

The victim was an employee at the bar - he served himself FakeNoose May 2019 #12

Tiger apparently destroyed evidence as well. Johonny May 2019 #13

Your post intrigued and I found this on ESPN underpants May 2019 #17

No evidence of that. former9thward May 2019 #19