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   On 10 Dec 2021, John Dillinger    
   posted some news:lng7rgdq47gaq7s0dssghbepg91mv2iuq8@4ax.com:   
      
   >  ABC12.COM   
   > A jury awarded the family of two drunk driving victims more than   
   $301   
   > billion   
   > Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN   
   >   
   > A jury in Texas has awarded the largest-ever personal injury   
   > compensation in the country to a family who lost two people killed   
   by   
   > a drunk driver.   
   >   
   > The sum is symbolic, lawyers for the family say, but the eye-   
   popping   
   > size of the judgment is meant to send a message about the   
   consequences   
   > of drunken driving.   
   >   
   > Tamra Kay Kindred was on her way home after picking up her 16-   
   year-old   
   > granddaughter, Aujuni Tamay Anderson, from her job at Cici's Pizza   
   on   
   > November 12, 2017. She was driving through an intersection in   
   Corpus   
   > Christi, Texas, when a man ran a red light and hit them, according   
   to   
   > a complaint filed in 2018.   
   >   
   > Kindred and Anderson died in the crash, along with the driver of   
   the   
   > other car, Joshua Delbosque, who was intoxicated.   
   >   
   > The family of Kindred and Anderson sued the bar Delbosque had been   
   at   
   > for negligence, alleging bartenders there overserved him. The   
   lawsuit   
   > also named the bar's owner.   
   >   
   > After a short trial that began Monday, a jury said the family of   
   > Kindred and Anderson is entitled to just over $301 billion,   
   according   
   > to court documents, making it the largest personal injury award in   
   US   
   > history. Previously, the largest amount ever awarded to a family   
   in a   
   > personal injury award was $150 billion in 2011.   
   >   
   > Craig Sico, one of the family's attorneys told CNN that during   
   closing   
   > arguments at trial, he told the jury "they needed to decide how   
   loud   
   > their voice was going to be heard" so he showed them the largest   
   > previous verdicts to other families, and they agreed. Sico knows   
   the   
   > dollar amount is symbolic in nature but said it is more about   
   trying   
   > to help others understand the impact drunk driving has on others   
   and   
   > to send a loud message so other families aren't impacted in the   
   same   
   > way.   
   >   
   > John Flood, another attorney for the family said "the purpose of   
   the   
   > civil litigation is to remind the community, the state, and the   
   nation   
   > of the horrific costs of drunk driving."   
   >   
   > The complaint claimed Delbosque was "overserved" at Beer Belly's   
   > Sports Bar that evening, saying "it was apparent to Beer Belly's   
   that   
   > Delbosque was obviously intoxicated" and his intoxication was the   
   > cause of the victims' injuries and damages.   
   >   
   > CNN has reached out to the attorney for Beer Belly's and its owner   
   but   
   > has not heard back.   
   >   
   > "Beer Belly's either knew or should have known that Delbosque was   
   a   
   > danger to himself and others based on his intoxication and lack of   
   > control over his mental and physical faculties," the complaint   
   states.   
   >   
   > Family doesn't expect to see any of the settlement money   
   >   
   > The family of Kindred and her granddaughter say they don't expect   
   to   
   > receive any money from the bar or its owner because the bar is out   
   of   
   > business and the previous owners don't have sufficient capital to   
   pay   
   > any judgment, Sico said.   
   >   
   > According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the liquor   
   > license for Beer Belly's expired in September 2019 and the license   
   has   
   > been canceled.   
   >   
   > "This case illustrates the consequences of selling alcohol to a   
   person   
   > who's already had too much," a TABC spokesperson told CNN Friday.   
   > "Texas law requires alcohol retailers to cut off customers who   
   show   
   > signs of intoxication. Those who violate the law could face   
   financial   
   > and legal consequences if their actions contribute to the loss of   
   > life."   
   >   
   > Sico said they are going to try to get some sort of compensation   
   for   
   > the family but "since Texas does not require bars and restaurants   
   who   
   > serve alcohol to have insurance this happens all too often."   
   >   
   > They hope to create change for "a requirement that any   
   establishment   
   > that serves alcohol must carry insurance," he told CNN. "If bars   
   and   
   > restaurants are required to carry insurance for this then   
   Insurance   
   > carriers would have oversight from that industry helping to make   
   sure   
   > this does not happen again."   
   >   
   > "This verdict that we sought was for love, not vengeance," he told   
   > CNN.   
   >   
   > Delbosque left the bar with a .263 blood alcohol concentration,   
   > according to a toxicology report. In Texas, people are legally   
   > intoxicated when their blood alcohol concentration reaches 0.08%,   
   > according to the Texas Department of Transportation.   
   >   
   > Kindred's daughters, Jennifer Kindred and Elizabeth Anderson, who   
   is   
   > also the mother of the teenage victim, encouraged those who have   
   been   
   > drinking to take a rideshare, cab or have a friend drive them   
   home.   
   >   
   > "Also, to every bartender, bar owner, and server, it's OK to care   
   > enough about your customer to not let them get drunk and drive,"   
   they   
   > said in an email.   
   >   
   > The-CNN-Wire   
   >   
      
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