Update: Aussie drunk driver loses case

Updating our Jul. 30 report: “A woman has lost a case in which she sued a pub where she had been drinking shortly before she crashed her car. …Justice Gerald Cripps said the defendants did not have a duty of care ‘to protect the plaintiff from the consequences of her own inebriation’.” (“Judge finds against […]

Updating our Jul. 30 report: “A woman has lost a case in which she sued a pub where she had been drinking shortly before she crashed her car. …Justice Gerald Cripps said the defendants did not have a duty of care ‘to protect the plaintiff from the consequences of her own inebriation’.” (“Judge finds against drunk driver who sued hotel”, AAP/Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 18)(opinion in Parrington v Hotelcorp Pty Ltd & Ors, New South Wales Supreme Court)

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