Teen Sues Restaurant After Drunken Fall

[mcs328]

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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.

[nickel]

i can see the argument for both sides of this, but what it comes down to is personal responsibility. the girl needs to get some.

[ShawnLee]

Counter-sue her elder companion and her parents. Cause of action being the $1600 fine brought on through no fault of theirs. Every reasonable precaution was made blah blah blah blah.

Stupid teenagers. This chick and the one in London. And I'm sure many others.

[Thesifer]

I hate people that sue for their own mistakes. IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT BECAUSE YOU F'D UP!

[Paymaster]

Penalize the bar, sure... but don't let the teenager benefit from it.

[guiseppewv]

what it comes down to is personal responsibility. the girl needs to get some.

She needs to get some responsibility.

[bachviet]

Counter-sue her elder companion and her parents. Cause of action being the $1600 fine brought on through no fault of theirs. Every reasonable precaution was made blah blah blah blah.

Stupid teenagers. This chick and the one in London. And I'm sure many others.

[zippyjuan]

I broke the law in your establishment. You did not know I broke the law or that I was even in there. It is your fault that I got hurt because of it. You should have not allowed that truck to park where I was going to fall. So pay me lots of money.

[MJordanash]

I hate people that sue for their own mistakes. IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT BECAUSE YOU F'D UP!

Agreed, I have fallen off of stuff drunk before and you dont see me going after everything and everyone because of it. Thats expected when you get tipsy

[Houdini]

I broke the law in your establishment. You did not know I broke the law or that I was even in there. It is your fault that I got hurt because of it. You should have not allowed that truck to park where I was going to fall. So pay me lots of money.

That pretty much sums it up.

[welfareloser]

Penalize the bar, sure... but don't let the teenager benefit from it.

isn't this kinda like calling the cops to report someone stole your marijuana? i hope she gets punished...

[Yossarian]

hell, i biffed saturday night, sprained ankle, cut hands, knees, shoulder, you don't see me suing the school or the makers of 99 berries, and smirinoff

[welfareloser]

i drank 4 beers, and nodamnedsense had 7, and he still spanked my butt at donkey konga 2 last night. i think i'll sue the bell's brewery for emotional distress and sex discrimination...

[Yossarian]

on second thought, i'll sue because the guy who had less to drink than me threw up, musta been rotten vodka