Adam Patrick Browne’s life tragically ended on October 8, 2018. He was run over by a car driven by his former fiancée, Victoria Keaveny, after she consumed alcohol at a restaurant in Gastonia, North Carolina. Pursuant to a settlement filed under seal in Gaston County Superior Court, that restaurant will pay wrongful death proceeds to Browne’s estate for its role in the tragic incident, namely serving alcohol to Keaveny, who at the time was 19 years old. Although nothing could ever fully repair the harm of losing a loved one, wrongful death claims offer a potential civil remedy when the death is caused by the wrongful conduct of another party.…
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Death by Alcohol – Who is [More] at Fault?
Last week the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision allowing a case involving alcohol poisoning against a hotel and its staff to go forward.[1] Lisa Davis and her husband Thomas were celebrating their wedding anniversary at the Crown Plaza Resort in October of 2012. They had dinner at Mulligans, the hotel’s restaurant, and spent four and a half hours there. Between the two of them, they consumed twenty-four drinks – drinks the restaurant’s employees served them. Not surprisingly, Lisa was extremely intoxicated. She was unable to walk and unable to stand up after falling, so the hotel employees put her in…
