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Intoxicated man who died in crash failed to look after his own safety,...
A defendant blamed for allowing three men to be over-served and drive home intoxicated, which led to a crash that claimed all three men’s lives, is asserting one of the deceased men failed to look out...
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Gold Club denied summary judgment in dram shop suit
Fannett Entertainment, doing business as Gold Club, recently had its motion for summary judgment denied in a dram shop suit against the company. In August 2011, Ashley Hollyfield, a mother of two and...
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Gold Club settles dram shop suit
Rather than let a jury judge the case, Fannett Entertainment, doing business as Gold Club, has opted to settle a dram shop suit against the company. In August 2011, Ashley Hollyfield, a mother of two...
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Judge puts $1M settlement from Dram Shop suit into court registry
A Beaumont judge has placed $1 million in settlement proceeds from a Dram Shop suit into the court registry while the parties sort out who gets what. In February, the Southeast Texas Record reported...
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Motorist non-suited over fatal Galveston auto-pedestrian wreck
PurdueGALVESTON – A motorist in an October 2012 lawsuit accused of killing two men and a dog with his vehicle on the Galveston Seawall has been non-suited, according to recent court records. A...
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Second lawsuit filed over fatal Galveston auto-pedestrian wreck
The_Beach_HutGALVESTON – A second lawsuit has been filed in response to the April 2012 auto-pedestrian accident in Galveston which allegedly killed two men and a dog. The estate of Joseph Owens is...
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Lawsuit blames Galveston bar for fatal 2012 auto accident
GALVESTON – A fatal one-vehicle accident in Galveston late last year has resulted in a lawsuit. The family of the late Marco Antonio Garza blames Island Images Inc., doing business as Lucky Lounge,...
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Dickinson man allegedly run over by friend after birthday celebration, files...
Bar_neon_signGALVESTON – Oct. 26, 2012 was not a happy birthday for Dickinson local Joseph Gutierrez. What was supposed to be a night of celebration resulted in an event which led to Gutierrez filing...
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Whiskey River declares bankruptcy in Dram Shop suit
whiskey-river-logoWhiskey River has filed a suggestion of bankruptcy in a dram shop suit. In April 2011, Laretta Hill filed suit against Karlon Travis Bowen, Kandace Bowen and Mid-County Ventures...
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Woman hit by alleged drunk driver sues restaurant
head_on_collisionGALVESTON – Friendswood resident Barbara Gruener is pursuing legal action following a two-vehicle accident with an alleged drunk driver, recent court documents say. In a lawsuit...
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Agreed judgment reached in Dram Shop suit against Gold Club
MazzolaAn agreed judgment has been entered in a Dram Shop suit against Fannett Entertainment. In August 2011, Ashley Hollyfield, a mother of two and former Gold Club employee, was allegedly killed...
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Galveston bar formally responds to wrongful death lawsuit
Bar_neon_signGALVESTON – The defendant in a recent lawsuit arising from a fatal 2012 auto accident in Galveston issued a formal rebuttal. Island Images Inc., doing business as Lucky Lounge, is being...
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Defendants in fatal wreck lawsuit non-suited
The_Beach_HutGALVESTON – The second lawsuit arising from a April 2012 auto-pedestrian accident in Galveston was short-lived as the plaintiffs recently moved to non-suit the defendants, recent court...
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After his daughter was killed while driving drunk, a father is alleging it was the responsibility of the downtown bars she visited to monitor his deceased daughter’s actions. On May 10, 2006, an...
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Texas courts have reinterpreted Dram Shop Act in recent years
In a May 9 suit filed in Jefferson County District Court, a father blamed two establishments in downtown Beaumont’s Crockett Street Entertainment District for letting his intoxicated daughter get...
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Counterclaim filed, bars closed following Dram Shop suit against Crockett Street
Clay Dugas Barely a month ago, a young woman left a Beaumont bar and died in a head on collision. In the few weeks since her death on June 5, the woman’s parents have filed a lawsuit, a defendant has...
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County wants out of woman’s drunken-driving death suit, says bar is to blame
Last summer, the Record reported on a suit involving a young woman who left a Beaumont bar intoxicated and died in a head on collision. Now, one of the suit’s defendants, Jefferson County, is arguing...
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Underage drinker sues bar after deadly car crash
TEXARKANA, Ark. – After several hours of drinking at a local bar, two underage and highly intoxicated Texarkana residents decided to drive. On a curve, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it...
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Family of crash victim sues Dixie Dance Hall for serving drinks to driver
The parents and daughter of a man killed in a car crash have sued the bar that allegedly sold alchohol to the driver who was not only drunk, but also underage. Michael Slay Chapman died on Nov. 27...
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Two Galveston County bars sued for serving man who died driving drunk
GALVESTON – The surviving relatives of a man who died in a one-car accident in western Galveston County last year have filed a $5 million lawsuit against two establishments they claim served him...
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