Distractions, Drinking, Driving and Death - The Four "D's" of the Apocalypse

Steve Lombardi

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Metrick Lawan, the driver of the car that crashed on September 21^st 2009 killing passenger Heaven Chumos, has been charged with two counts of serious injury by vehicle, OWI, and the most serious charge of homicide by vehicle. He arrived at the Polk County Jail Monday after spending the last week in the hospital recovering from his own injuries related to the crash, his bond has been set at $76,000. Investigators had previously said that they found no skid marks indicating that Mr. Jenkins did not try to brake to avoid crashing.

The report indicates the driver had just hours before the crash, lost his driver’s license.

Many people will think the passengers’ claims for personal injury damages are a foregone conclusion, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. It all depends on the amount of insurance coverage available along with their complicity in any drinking that may have taken place. You can’t buy the driver drinks, sit there with him drinking all night, then get in the car with him and expect to be compensated. The law of complicity is involved with ferreting out the comparative fault. It’s about assumption of known risks. And everyone knows a drunken driver is a high risk.