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New Jersey Man Faked Black Ice to Mask Drunken Driving Crash

A New Jersey man poured water onto a freezing road to try to fool police officers into thinking the cause of his drunken car crash was black ice, authorities said. Bryan Byers hit a guardrail after running a stop sign …

New York Woman Delivering Newspapers Dies in Fatal Crash

An off-duty firefighter drunkenly drove the wrong way down a one-way suburban avenue, slammed into another car and killed a woman delivering newspapers early Monday, authorities said. White Plains firefighter Erik Refvik was arrested on criminally negligent homicide and driving …

California Jury Awards $12M in Toyota Lawsuit

A jury has awarded $12 million to a California woman who blamed Toyota for leaving her a paraplegic after a crash. The Superior Court panel in Monterey awarded the money last Friday to Chelsie Hill of Pacific Grove and found …

Insurer for Texas Teen Suffering From ‘Affluenza’ to Pay Victim $2M

The family of a Texas teenager who killed four people in a drunken-driving wreck has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the family of a boy who was paralyzed in the accident, according to court documents detailing the …

Posh Pennsylvania Resort Founder to Pay $200,000 in Lawsuit

The millionaire founder of 84 Lumber has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle some claims in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who died in a drunken driving crash after a party at his posh southwestern Pennsylvania …

Civil Suit Against Texas Teen Suffering From ‘Affluenza’ Continues

A 13-year-old boy says he’s still trying to make sense of a deadly wreck caused by a 16-year-old drunken driver whose defense infamously argued he suffered from “affluenza.” Lucas McConnell spoke briefly Wednesday at a news conference organized by his …

Rehab Ruling Affirmed for Texas ‘Affluenza’ Teen in Fatal Car Wreck

A judge has ordered a Texas teenager who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents. Judge Jean Boyd on Feb. 5 again …

Alaska Bar Sued After Woman’s Death

The family of an Anchorage, Ala., woman who was killed in a traffic collision has filed a lawsuit against the bar where authorities say the driver charged in the death acknowledged drinking heavily before the crash. The lawsuit accuses Chilkoot …

Connecticut Woman Warns About DUI After Family Killed

Melanie Bassi’s mother promised to wake her up from a nap with a phone call on Christmas Day six years ago, but instead, she received a message from police in her Connecticut hometown. A neighbor was concerned about a large …

Insurer Must Cover Driver in Vermont Fatal Crash

A jury says an insurance company must honor the policy of a Vermont man who was convicted of murder in a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in 2010. The insurance company Geico had filed a lawsuit in U.S. …