mcs328
03-31-2006, 09:10 AM
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Teen Sues Restaurant After Drunken Fall
Mar 31st - 5:12am
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A teenager who sneaked into a charity bartender contest to drink is suing the restaurant for causing facial injuries she suffered in a drunken fall in the parking lot.
Tyler C. Bauer, 18, of New Market, is seeking $200,000 in damages from TGI Friday's, according to the lawsuit filed March 22 in Frederick County Circuit Court.
Bauer claims the restaurant was negligent in allowing her to consume beer and liquor purchased for her by an 18-year-old companion and an older man on Oct. 11.
The lawsuit says Bauer, then 17, shattered her teeth, lips and gums when she passed out and fell on her face in the parking lot with a blood alcohol level of 0.238 percent - nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 for operating a motor vehicle. Police reported that Bauer had fallen off the tailgate of a pickup truck while leaving the bar.
The Frederick County Liquor Board fined the restaurant $1,600 in January for allowing Bauer and her underage friend to drink.
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Hmm...I guess the restaurant is at fault because if they were more aware of the underage drinking then it wouldn't have happened. On the other hand I feel that's what she gets and there's a reason the minimum drinking age was raised. Some people don't know when to stop.
She should at least get some jail time for drinking underage and I think riding in the back of a pickup truck is illegal along with failure to wear a seatbelt.
Teen Sues Restaurant After Drunken Fall
Mar 31st - 5:12am
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A teenager who sneaked into a charity bartender contest to drink is suing the restaurant for causing facial injuries she suffered in a drunken fall in the parking lot.
Tyler C. Bauer, 18, of New Market, is seeking $200,000 in damages from TGI Friday's, according to the lawsuit filed March 22 in Frederick County Circuit Court.
Bauer claims the restaurant was negligent in allowing her to consume beer and liquor purchased for her by an 18-year-old companion and an older man on Oct. 11.
The lawsuit says Bauer, then 17, shattered her teeth, lips and gums when she passed out and fell on her face in the parking lot with a blood alcohol level of 0.238 percent - nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 for operating a motor vehicle. Police reported that Bauer had fallen off the tailgate of a pickup truck while leaving the bar.
The Frederick County Liquor Board fined the restaurant $1,600 in January for allowing Bauer and her underage friend to drink.
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Hmm...I guess the restaurant is at fault because if they were more aware of the underage drinking then it wouldn't have happened. On the other hand I feel that's what she gets and there's a reason the minimum drinking age was raised. Some people don't know when to stop.
She should at least get some jail time for drinking underage and I think riding in the back of a pickup truck is illegal along with failure to wear a seatbelt.