New Mexico Supreme Court rules gas stations can be liable for DUIs

[byron]

So if one gets drunk has an accident file lawsuits against everyone from the state for giving you a licence to everyone who sold you anything that enabled them to drive. Its everybody's fault except the driver.

New Mexico Supreme Court rules gas stations can be liable for DUIs

The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday that service stations in the state can be liable for selling fuel to intoxicated drivers, making it only the second state in the Union where such liability extends to station operators. The ruling came down after New Mexico's highest court agreed to...

autos.yahoo.com

 

[SomeSoldier]

 

[1075tech]

This is using the same logic they want to use for crimes committed with guns so it's only fair

 

[drowhawk]

Love it. Let's let every company, business, and manufacturer be held liable for their customer's stupidity. Just stifle all private business. This is a great strategy by the Marxists.

 

[dwa12479]

Considering 99.9% of stations have pay at the pump options... how exactly will this be enforced? Will stations have an interlock device at all then pumps? An employee giving breathalyzer tests to everyone?

Will this ruling extend to the electric charging stations for all the coming EAST?

The stupid here just burns.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I hold the women who birthed the idiots that agree with this garbage as being liable for stupidity.

 

[pjzwtl]

I hold the women who birthed the idiots that agree with this garbage as being liable for stupidity.

Don’t forget babies daddy… after all it’s probably the heterosexual males fault anyway

 

[Blimey]

Okay, then there is zero rationale behind not holding a car manufacturer for a fatal accident, particularly given that unlike, say, firearms, they actually have advertising with people driving quickly.

 

[Robin]

More dumbfuckery!

the Lillaputians are winning! Another layer, another string, Vox Populi has been silenced and its damn near game set match.
Robin

 

[repete]

So with that line of thinking I could sue the tire manufacture and AC/Delco because they made the spark plugs.... But lets not make the actual DRUNK responsible!

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

This is just so shitbag attorneys can bilk more money out of the public. Always.....follow the money.

 

[Jmac00]

Im going to sue Trojan for NOT selling me me a condom when my first wife got knocked up

 

[meketrefe]

 

[spat]

This is just so shitbag attorneys can bilk more money out of the public. Always.....follow the money.

Can we sue the obstetrician that delivered FUAC as a baby for completely screwing the entire state ?

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Can we sue the obstetrician that delivered FUAC as a baby for completely screwing the entire state ?

If their insurance policy is big enough......sure. "Not sure how much your case is worth? Maybe you should find out.

The day Steve Barnes plane went down, a small level of goodness returned to the planet.

 

[meketrefe]

I am going to sue myself but I am really looking for some sort of settlement.

 

[GOYABEAN]

them mothers in new mexico be smoking some powerful

 

[Cooolone]

Well, it's funny because New Mexico has the highest concentration of Ph'ds by State! And yet... It appears not much intelligence!

Simply amazing!

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Well, it's funny because New Mexico has the highest concentration of Ph'ds by State! And yet... It appears not much intelligence!

Simply amazing!

There's a difference between knowledge and wisdom.

 

[prambo]

"... liable for selling fuel to intoxicated drivers'..."



Since it's not for selling beer or liquor to drunks, but gas, if I were gas companies I'd close every station in the state.

Will .GOV absorb the cost of connecting breathalyzers to each gas pump?

Even if they do, it's still not "da gubmint's" money - it's taxpayer's money.

(Just a small digression - viewed the Yahoo article on the Brave browser in a regular window but with aggressive tracker blocking - 45 cross-site trackers and other weird shit were blocked.)

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Believe it or not PA already bans the sale of alcohol in gas stations under this line of thinking. But then we have literal drive through beer loading warehouses. Makes sense.

 

[fresch]

And I thought me suing every state that has deer crossing signs, then drivers hit them, was hard enough ; now I need to sue the world, right down to the poor kid in beafra for digging the raw materials for the signage.

 

[FP1201]

This is using the same logic they want to use for crimes committed with guns so it's only fair

Actually, Cuomo signed into Law S-7196 which identifies not only manufacturers of guns, ammo, mags to be sued but also clubs, and associations, as well as the dealer/wholesaler. It's all about the money: We'll shotgun everyone and see who coughs up the cash.