This weekend as you prepare to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, you’ll also want to take one more step in your preparations - know what to do if you are involved in a drunk driving accident.
On what would have been his 21st birthday, Brandon Ellingson’s gathered to remember him. He was killed by what some are alleging to be a case of wrongful death when he drowned while in police custody.
In wrongful death lawsuits, two things come into play: comparative and contributory negligence. These dictate how the responsibility for the accident will be assigned to the parties involved.
The lawsuit filing outlines what the family believes to have happened - that Rebecca was hit on the head with a blunt object multiple times and then bound with tape, hands behind her back, by the defendants.