| Drunken Drivers Verdicts & Settlements | Click on case name to purchase report | |
| Verdict & Settlement Disposition | Description | Case Name |
| $2,000,000 | A college student who sustained injuries while he was a passenger in a leased vehicle sued the driver for negligence and the driver's insurer for liability. | Palma v. White
Erie Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No. 13127/04 (06/15/07) |
| $911,000 | A corporate executive driving his car was struck by a vehicle driven by a man with three times the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream. |
Bar v. Botts Dallas Co., Texas, Dist. Ct., No. 05-037970 (10/27/07) |
| $750,000 | Two friends out for a night of drinking were involved in a fatal accident that killed the passenger, prompting a wrongful death claim against the defendant driver. | Estate of Schreiber v. Messina Macomb Co., Mich., Cir. Ct., No. 2005-000407-NS (06/19/07) |
| $500,000 | A welder riding a motorcycle was struck and knocked off of his bike by a car which had turned left into a convenience store parking lot. The driver was intoxicated. | Bastio v. Pedicine Middlesex Co., N.J., Super. Ct., No. L-8975-05 (06/18/07) |
| $265,000 | A cop was struck by a vehicle driven by a drunken man he had earlier warned not to drive. The man had been ejected from a series of taxis, and resumed his driving. | Confidential Huntington Beach Police Officer v. Beerup Orange Co., Calif., Super. Ct., number not given (10/02/07) |
| $95,000 | A property manager was passing the driveway of a clubhouse when a drunken man in a sedan pulled out of the clubhouse's driveway and crashed into his SUV. | Elias v. Paroly Matter not filed, FL, number not filed (09/28/07) |
| $50,000 | A couple riding in their car were struck on the rear right side by an intoxicated driver. He was later found asleep in his car, parked in the middle of a residential street. | Scudera v. Mahbubir Nassau Co., N.Y., Sup. Ct., No. 9937/00 (10/29/07) |
| $300 | A paramedic and a deputy sheriff were traveling westbound in a sport-utility vehicle when they were rear-ended at a stoplight by a man driving a mid-size sedan. |
Henry v. Mitchell Harris Co., Texas, Dist. Ct., No. 880,409 (10/25/07) |
| Defense | After he was in a rollover accident, a man filed a claim against a friend's liability carrier, alleging that the friend was driving. Defense argued that the man himself had been driving. | Hillje v. Pletz LaSalle Co., Texas, Dist. Ct., No. 04-09-00093-CVL (08/22/07) |
| Defense | A woman sued a café owner after she was in a collision with a customer of his. Defense argued that the man exhibited no signs of intoxication when he was served | Burke v. Showah Danbury Co., Conn., Super. Ct., No. CV06-5001540 (06/01/07) |
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