Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Mekinna Knight- Tiger 'Suit
This week's current event current event is something I was completely unaware that took place until read the article. Tiger Woods (golf star) says he feels bad for the family of a former employee at Woods' bar who is suing the golf star in a wrongful death lawsuit. The family of Nicholas Immesberger, a bartender who died in a car crash last year, is suing Woods, his girlfriend and his restaurant company, saying they "fueled" his death by over-serving him alcohol and then sending him to his car to drive home. The wrongful death lawsuit targets Woods, who owns the restaurant where Immesberger worked, and Woods' girlfriend Erica Herman, who is listed in the complaint as the general manager of the business. The suit accuses them and the restaurant of serving him even though they knew he was an alcoholic, negligence that "caused or contributed to" his death. There are now actions being taken to ensure that The Woods Jupiter (and all restaurants and bars) are now called on to take the issue of over-serving employees more seriously. The wrongful death suit is asking for an unspecified amount of damages. Immesberger's mother, Mary Belowsky, said her son wanted to be a firefighter and had plans to to go to EMT school in January.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiger-woods-lawsuit-alleges-restaurant-deleted-video-evidence/
This can be related to the implementation of the Dram Shop Laws that restrict restaurants limit to the amount of drinks they can serve per customer. The Florida Dram Shop Law introduced in 1980 states that "A person who sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to a person of lawful drinking age shall not thereby become liable for injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such person".
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It makes me so sad that enterprises can get away with totally sacrificing employee safety and health for simple monetary gains. I hope all involved are held responsible.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragic story. Did the driver have another option?
ReplyDeleteI feel that people should be responsible themselves for the amount of alcohol they drink. I do think if a bartender realizes someone is drunk, they should not serve them, but I don't think they should be the ones help responsible for anything that the customer does after they leave. It is too hard for the bartenders to be able to monitor everyone in the bar and people have different tolerances for alcohol.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the restaurant should’ve told him about the number of drinks he was drinking and found him an alternative way to get home (uber, taxi, etc.). This was a tragic thing that happened, and I hope everything works out in 5he court case. Lily Philips
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