Intoxicated Employee Leaves Meeting, Kills Motorcyclist

In simultaneous proceedings, a former employee faces criminal charges of vehicular homicide as well as a wrongful death suit in an Erie Court after killing a motorcyclist last August.

At the time of the crash, the intoxicated employee was on his way home from an employee meeting of at a club when he hit a motorcyclist with his SUV as he was turning left in front of the motorcycle at an intersection. Police arrested the employee for driving under the influence with a .248 blood alcohol content, which is three times the legal limit in Pennsylvania.

In the civil suit, the victim’s estate filed against the driver, his employer and the club where the meeting was held. According to the state’s Dram Shop Act, taverns can be held liable if servers provide alcohol to a visibly intoxicated consumer who causes harm. Furthermore, since the driver was driving a company-owned Mercury Mountaineer and leaving an employee meeting when the crash occurred, the corporation can be held liable for the employee’s actions.

Reports also state that driver had a previous DUI on his record and that fellow employees bought him drinks at the meeting. The suit claims that considering the driver’s previous driving record, the employees present at the meeting should not have let him leave if he was visibly intoxicated.

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