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Man Sues West Virginia Bar Over Wife’s Slaying

The husband of a slain woman is suing a Morgantown, W. Va., bar, arguing employees shouldn’t have let his drunken unconscious wife leave with a stranger. The Dominion Post says Jeremy Terry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Novichenk’s Bar …

Police: Man Hurt After Being Thrown Out of North Dakota Bar

Police are investigating an incident outside a Minot bar that left a 30-year-old man unconscious and bleeding from the head. Officers from the Minot Police Department responded to a call of an individual with a head wound at a local …

Ohio Cycle Bar Puts Party on the Road

As the peculiar yellow vehicle moved into the Short North neighborhood north of downtown, bewildered pedestrians stopped in their tracks, fumbling for their cellphone cameras. Drivers honked car horns and gave thumbs-up signs out the windows. A dog on a …

Michigan Thumb Bar Loses Appeal in ’06 Attack on Customer

A bar in Michigan’s Thumb can’t shed liability for an attack on a Detroit-area hunter whose friend had danced with another man’s wife. The state appeals court on Friday refused to overturn a jury verdict against Longshot Lanes in Bad …

NJ Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. Wednesday’s 5-2 ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a blood-alcohol level of .196 percent, …

Woman Suing New Mexico Bar After Fire Escape Fall

A woman seriously hurt after falling through a hole in an old fire escape is suing an Albuquerque bar called the Downtown Distillery. Lawyers for Jessica Riley say she fractured her pelvis and wrist in the fall last March. Lawyer …