The groom whose wife was struck and killed in a car crash on their wedding night has filed a lawsuit against the alleged drunk driver and the bars she allegedly drank at before getting behind the wheel, according to court documents obtained by NBCNews.
allow people to pursue civil actions against businesses that serve intoxicated customers who subsequently cause harm.
Melissa Reardon, the communications director for Taco Boy, said in a statement that there was no"organized employee function around drinking" the day of the crash and that 16 hours of video and interviews with staff members show that Komoroski did not go to the restaurant that day. She added that it was"untrue" that Komoroski's supervisor knew anything about an alleged"previous history of alcohol abuse," as the complaint alleges.
The complaint also alleges that the management of Taco Boy and the managements of the bars Komoroski allegedly visited that night failed to properly train employees to recognize signs of intoxication and prevent overserving. “Over the course of several hours, Jamie Komoroski slurred and staggered her way through each of these bars, consuming an assortment of alcoholic beverages, including beer, tequila shots, shift shots of liquor on the house, etc.,” the suit alleges.Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, only briefly hit the brakes before her vehicle smashed into the golf cart in Folly Beach, S.C., on April 28.Komoroski's blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit in South Carolina, which is 0.
Also named as plaintiffs, alongside Hutchinson, are Benjamin Garrett, Hutchinson's brother-in-law, and his son, a minor, who were driving the newly married couple in a golf cart back to their accommodations for the evening and suffered"terrible and permanent injuries," the complaint says.
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