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December 28, 2009. A PSA for New Year's Eve. Do not drive drunk.
Also, if you take away someone's keys, make sure they get home safely. See Nelson v. Driscoll, 295 Mont. 363 (1999), where the plaintiff's wife was pulled over by a police officer on suspicion of drunk driving. The officer could not establish that she was actually intoxicated and therefore did not believe he had grounds to arrest her on a DUI. However, given admissions by both the plaintiff and his wife that they had been drinking earlier, the officer forbade the two from further driving that night. The two decided to walk home instead, and the wife was killed when she was hit by a drunk driver. The court held that whether or not the officer should be held liable for her death was a valid jury question.
Irony
Brown Rabbit is teetering around with a bottle.
Negligent Lop: Whoa there, looks like you took one
too many rides on the slurpee train!
Negligent Lop: Driving would be inadvisable.
End of panel.
Brown Rabbit: Guess what's *hic* my
favorite train to ride?
Negligent Lop: Keys. Now.
Brown Rabbit: Your mother.
End of panel.
Brown Rabbit: Tee hee ... his mother.
End of panel.
A drunk Tort Bunny plows into Brown Rabbit in her red car-shaped box.
End of comic.
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