Posts tagged alcohol

• Breath-Testing Ignition Lock-Out Devices Coming to Minnesota

  Mike Bryant | April 26, 2011 1:26 PM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There is a lot going on concerning DWI laws in Minnesota. A way I like to keep up is keeping a eye on Chuck Ramsey's blog and the changes that are taking place as a result of the litigation over the...

• Round Up : Recent Topics of Interest

  Mike Bryant | October 15, 2011 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Here are some recent things I found of interest: - Technorati ran a sad story about how the poor end up at the worst hospitals. - Boingboing had what I found to be an interesting story about a...

• Wisconsin Increases Drunk Driving Penalties

  Mike Bryant | December 26, 2009 12:19 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  This week the state of Wisconsin toughened their drunk driving laws: first offense drunk driving in most cases is equivalent to a traffic ticket. Under the new legislation, if there is a child in...

• Football Season: Not a Reason to Drink and Drive

  Mike Bryant | September 07, 2011 5:53 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The college season is off and going and the Pros will be starting this week. Great time to be following your team and enjoying the games. Unfortunately, there can be to much drinking that goes along...

• Sporting Arenas Shouldn't Be Free From Drinking Common Sense

  Mike Bryant | February 21, 2011 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Drinking has often been a part of professional sports watching. It's fun to see all of the different bars that are at the new Target Field, abeautiful place that every baseball fan should see. But,...

• Helpful Website For Highway Fatalities Research

  Mike Bryant | December 09, 2009 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Recently, following legislation originating in the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, whose chairman, Rep.Jim Oberstar, D-Minn. the University of Minnesota's Center for...

• Binge Drinking Up On College Campuses

  Mike Bryant | July 08, 2009 9:29 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Recent reports indicate that binge drinking is up on college campuses across the United States. According to the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism , as reported in the July...

• Driver Was Drunk And It Can Happen To Anyone

  Mike Bryant | June 16, 2009 11:21 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Joe Crumley covered the start of the story yesterday, of the man who was killed when he was waiting at a bus stop and hit by a car. It's now clear that the driver, that jumped the curve, was drunk....

• Minneapolis Man Critically Injured; Defendant Probably Drunk

  Joe Crumley | June 15, 2009 9:53 AM | 1 CommentSt. Cloud, MN Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Christopher Iverson, a 48-year-old south Minneapolis resident, was critically injured at a bus stop early Sunday morning, according to a Star Tribune report. Iverson was chatting with a woman at the...

• Sobering Education For Teen That Drove Drunk

  Mike Bryant | April 28, 2009 9:51 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  An Easter party, which involved a 17 year old stumbling out drunk, lead to the death of a woman after a head on collision later that night. Witnesses estimate that at the time of the collision, the...