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No Immunity for Drunken Patron’s Fall Down Stairs, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules

Under Wisconsin law, a property owner owes no duty of care to a trespasser. If someone enters a home or business without permission and then hurts himself by, say, falling down a flight of stairs, the owner is immune from …

Family Struggles as $60 Million Judgment After Crash Remains Unpaid

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Joan Antonuccio begged God not to take her daughter as she rushed to Naples Community Hospital from her home in Golden Gate Estates. Antonuccio found herself screaming that she would do whatever it took for her …

Politician Who Warned About Driving Drunk is Charged With it

VICTOR, N.Y. — The top Republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year’s Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the …

Trial Draws To Close of Driver Accused of Killing Boy Scout

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island man “recklessly and selfishly” got behind the wheel of his SUV after pounding vodka on a golf course and plowed into a group of hiking Boy Scouts, killing a 12-year-old, a prosecutor said during …

Report Details Michigan Lawmaker Blood-Alcohol Level

Test results say state Rep. Bob Genetski’s blood-alcohol level was at a point considered intoxicated under Michigan law about an hour and a half after his drunken driving arrest. MLive.com reports Genetski’s blood-alcohol level was at Michigan’s legal limit of …

Jury Can Hear Statements from ex-‘Melrose’ Actress

Jurors will hear statements made to authorities by an actress who appeared on the “Melrose Place” TV series at her aggravated manslaughter trial in New Jersey. A judge ruled Amy Locane was able to understand the consequences of waiving her …

California Highway Patrol Says Driver in Fatal Crash Was Drunk

Investigators say the California driver of a car that flipped, killing two passengers, had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit. San Luis Obispo County prosecutors say 21-year-old Evan Alexander Green, a Chico State University student, pleaded not …

Michigan Appeals Court Says Joyrider has Insurance

A western Michigan man excluded from his wife’s insurance policy still is eligible for benefits in a drunken crash, thanks to a line of court decisions that covers joyriders from the same family. The state appeals court on Wednesday reluctantly …