Posted on 01/23/2023 3:21:36 PM PST by Libloather
A 26-year-old woman left a Marilyn Manson concert wasted and devastated the residents of a Canadian street after an explosive car crash.
Daniella Leis, who pleaded guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm in October 2020, caused an estimated $10 to 15 million in damages. She was sentenced to three years in prison in February 2021 and is now suing the venue for kicking her out of the venue despite her level of intoxication, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Referred to as the "car bomb" fiasco by the CBC, the incident occurred on Aug. 14, 2019, at 450 Woodman Ave in London, Ontario, Canada - a seven-minute drive from the show at the Budweiser Gardens arena. Leis crashed her Ford Fusion, which had been registered under her father's name, into a single home. But moments later, a broken gas line caused by the crash set off an explosion that ripped apart four homes and injured seven people nearby, per the CBC.
She's also faced legal backlash in at least six civil lawsuits with victims urging for her to pay for the damages, according to The Independent. This has prompted Leis and her father, Shawn, to file a lawsuit against Ovations Ontario Food Services, who they believe should also share some of the liability.
According to the CBC, Leis and her father are accusing Ovations Ontario Food Services of having no regard for her "intended mode of transportation as she existed [sic] Budweiser Gardens when they knew or ought to have known that she was or appealed [sic] to be intoxicated and/or impaired."
The pair also accused the company and/or the servers of serving Leis "when they knew or ought to have known that she was intoxicated or would become intoxicated," the CBC reported.
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Agreed.
She was the one who got into the car, started it and drove.
Everything that happened after that point is on her.
Could be because nothing good ever goes in it.
People should be held liable just for attending Marilyn Manson concerts.
My guess is that it was more than just Budweiser…
Bars lose these type of lawsuits all the time and might also face criminal charges if there is any evidence they served a clearly intoxicated person. Usually these are not big enough cases to make the news.
If someone is stumbling, etc it is 100% illegal to serve them in most jurisdictions nomatter how much they beg. Just need a video of it and slam dunk case.
Some times the liability may fall on the bartender themselves if the bar proves they trained to avoid overserving and the bartender did not follow this procedure
The bar’s responsibility was to cut her off and tell her to leave. It’s her responsibility to get a cab, uber, public transportation, walk, or crawl home. Case dismissed. Plaintiff to pay defendant’s costs and attorneys’ fees.
More importantly she is the one who chose to get intoxicated on booze and/or drugs. So-called “Dram shop laws” are just stupid politicians inserting themselves for the most part, on the part of the trial lawyers probably.
“I was drunk” has never been a defense for the last several thousand years, but, it is 2023 so who knows.
Not a bad looking sad girl
She’s a victim!
I’m not sure she came all the way from Florida, eh?
The only person responsible for her actions is her.
Most politicians are failed lawyers who couldn't make it at the courthouse. So they work for successful lawyers who finance their campaigns and tell them what to do.
Whatever one does, never ever take responsibility for one’s own’s actions. Then one can never be at fault for anything. Heck of a way to live heh.
No, you're wrong! Apparently, in Canada, the bar is responsible for ensuring that its customers get home, and are tucked into bed safely.
According to the CBC, Leis and her father are accusing Ovations Ontario Food Services of having no regard for her "intended mode of transportation as she existed [sic] Budweiser Gardens when they knew or ought to have known that she was or appealed [sic] to be intoxicated and/or impaired."
Who would have guessed?
Regards,
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