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40. Depends who they have on tape, etc. nt

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Tue Aug 6, 2013, 05:11 PM

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Woman kills 2 in DUI wreck; Prosecutors go after bar customer who bought her drinks [View all] apples and oranges Aug 2013 OP

Closer call then the headline suggests. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #1

Yeah...but you can't blame those drinks for her being drunk. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #7

Probably an acquittal, but still . .. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #9

Where do we draw the line, though? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #14

He was acting with reckless disregard to her health, at the very least. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

How'd he know? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #18

it's against the law to provide booze to someone who's obviously impaired nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #20

Obviously not or the establishment would be charged too... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #29

Had she been at the bar, bartender would get prosecuted and bar sued. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #32

That's not my point... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #35

If the bartender never saw her . . . nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #38

He had to have seen her to give her drinks... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #39

Depends who they have on tape, etc. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #40

Na'. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #41

They have evidence that he provided her booze knowing she was intoxicated. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #48

You're right. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #50

There needs to be a factual predicate to support the inference. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #53

There really isn't... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #55

You've never seen anyone you could describe as "clearly intoxicated?" nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #56

Sure...but I don't know how this woman was acting. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #58

If you see someone swaying and stumbling in a bar, you don't assume they're drunk? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #59

I can't assume anything... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #62

Tell that to the bartender, not the customer. nt babylonsister Aug 2013 #30

There are more Americans in jails per capita than any other nation, it's because PA's are allowed... uponit7771 Aug 2013 #22

+1 Go Vols Aug 2013 #43

Maybe he knew she was cut off and was trying to get around that? In that case, he should be as bettyellen Aug 2013 #45

From 3 drinks?! Unnnn, you'd have to prove he KNEW about the previous drinks no? tia uponit7771 Aug 2013 #19

He may have been high or drunk himself apples and oranges Aug 2013 #27

it's the bar management's responsibility to monitor drinking noiretextatique Aug 2013 #31

She was already stumbling and wobbling when he gave her the drinks? Common Sense Party Aug 2013 #2

Thats really messed up. bunnies Aug 2013 #3

I suspect they went after the bartender first, hughee99 Aug 2013 #5

From the article: bunnies Aug 2013 #16

I'm sure she was overserved before hand, but from the video hughee99 Aug 2013 #36

Thats no excuse. bunnies Aug 2013 #49

20 drinks in a four hour period? theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #4

Yes. I did it in college Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #10

We used to knock down a shot of tequila every 15 minutes Link Speed Aug 2013 #61

Here's a handy dandy calculator wercal Aug 2013 #13

There's video at the link tammywammy Aug 2013 #21

She's probably a professional drinker. bunnies Aug 2013 #25

If she was 230lbs, her BAC would have been .323. hughee99 Aug 2013 #47

I say go after him Warpy Aug 2013 #6

Disagree. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #12

and... bunnies Aug 2013 #23

He bought drinks for an obviously blotto woman the bar had cut off Warpy Aug 2013 #34

But I'm to buy it was the 17th drink that tipped the scale? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #37

Good luck with that one in a court of law. Warpy Aug 2013 #42

Sadly, you're right... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #44

Its still the bars responsibility. bunnies Aug 2013 #46

Had she not taken those drinks, we do not know if that would have changed the outcome NoOneMan Aug 2013 #60

Did he even know she planned to drive? gollygee Aug 2013 #8

Duran (customer) can always say he didn't think she'd be driving GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #11

That's strange. HappyMe Aug 2013 #17

heavy alcohol use outside the home is nuts markiv Aug 2013 #24

Now and forever.. SummerSnow Aug 2013 #26

Are they going after the alcoholism industry? nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #28

My guess is they're going after drinking and fornication apples and oranges Aug 2013 #54

The Nannie State will be Safer !! Thanks to these guys warrant46 Aug 2013 #33

Bars are in business to sell liquor, unaccompanied women often get "free" drinks SoCalDem Aug 2013 #51

Almost every state has some form of this law madville Aug 2013 #52

"misdemeanor for "any person" to knowingly serve alcohol to an intoxicated person." How intoxicated GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #57