Teen who caused explosion for drunk driving sues bar that served her booze

In case of Daniella Leis he is extremely curious. In 2019, the 26-year-old British woman rammed her car into a house’s gas pipe, causing an explosion that echoed across eastern UK. For this, in 2021 He was sentenced to three years in prison.

However, in an effort to reduce penalties earlier this year Leis filed a lawsuit against the bar where he got drunk: She says it’s their fault for serving her drinks while they’re drunk.

In excerpts from a complaint released by The Independent, the woman claims that the company Ovations Ontario Foods Services, responsible for Budweiser Gardensthe place where he drank bears part of the responsibility for the civil lawsuits brought by the victim against him and his father, Shawn.

Due to the explosion, it is worth clarifying, Leis caused between £8 and £12 million in damage. She also left a balance of 7 people injured and 4 houses damaged. With that in mind, Daniella and Shawn try to get the bar to detect something.

Leis claims in her complaint that any harm inflicted on the victims was “caused or contributed to by negligence, breach of duty, breach of contract“by the bar in violation of the Occupants Responsibility Act or the Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Act.

Furthermore, the young woman says that at the bar they served her alcohol knowing that she was already drunk, putting “profit above safety”.

In 2021, Daniella was visibly moved when she appeared in court for the first time. “It really gives me perspective on how reckless my actions were.. I stole quality time with their families, I stole their careers and I will never forgive myself for that,” he said at the time.

“I feel terrible for causing such significant harm, be it physical, emotional, monetary or property… What I did has had such a negative impact on all of you and I will never stop regretting my actions,” she added. .

On the night of the drunk, Daniella was walking home after a concert and after visiting the aforementioned bar. At one point, when she started driving the wrong way, she hit another house’s pipe and it blew up.

The Stella Liebeck case

The “requests” topic is long and difficult.

In the last few hours, the case of Stella Liebeck has been raised, an example of consumer litigation against large multinationals.

What happened? In 1992, Liebeck ordered a new cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Albuquerque, USA. Her nephew, who was driving, stopped in the parking lot so she could add cream and sugar to the beer without suspecting what would happen seconds later.

With no cup holder, Liebeck rested the cup between his knees, but spilled the coffee, suffered third-degree burns, sued McDonald’s, and later awarded nearly $2.9 million in damagesabout 5 million in current currency.

Decades after Liebeck settled his case, lawsuits over McDonald’s hot coffee continue to reach courts around the world.