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Jury awards ex-Stripper $100K for DUI wreck

Wed Feb 3, 2010 4:09 PM EST
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BIRMINGHAM — A Jefferson County jury has awarded a former stripper $100,000 in a lawsuit in which she claimed the club that employed her failed to stop her from driving home after her on-the-job drinking. Patsy Hamaker of Bessemer was injured in a wreck after leaving work at The Furnace on Oct. 17, 2007. She said she can no longer dance because of her injuries.

Hamaker said the club disregarded its own safety rules when it let her drive home that night. Attorneys for the club argued that employees tried to keep Hamaker from driving away.

The Birmingham News reported that the jury award made Tuesday is for compensatory damages. No punitive damages were awarded.

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Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews

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Carolyn Johansen

STUPID! What were the other employees at the club supposed to do--tackle her and tie her to a chair till she sobered up.

Realistically they could have called the cops--she would have ended up with a DUI but she might not have ended up in the wreck.

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Reply#1 - Wed Feb 3, 2010 4:26 PM EST
carmenduckett

This is absolutely ridiculous! it is not the responsibility of the manager or owner to make the "right" decision of whether she should drive or not. The correct answer is no! if you have been drinking you do not need to drive. I don't care what your tolerance is. If you drink you do not drive. And the fact that she has the gaw to pursue something like that is completely beyond me. a person is responsible for their own actions drunk or sober. PERIOD!

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Reply#2 - Wed Feb 3, 2010 5:32 PM EST
jamithy1

it is not the responsibility of the manager or owner to make the "right" decision of whether she should drive or not.

Actually the law says specifically that it is.

    #2.1 - Thu Feb 4, 2010 11:46 AM EST
    I'm Ringo

    "Actually the law says specifically that it is."

    No, it is NOT the responsibility of the manager. Responsibility and authority go hand in hand. The manager had no authority to forcibly prevent her from getting in the car. If he had, he would have been charged with assault and false imprisonment.

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    #2.2 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 9:09 AM EST
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    menmy2

    So now I can sue people for not stopping me from doing stupid @!$%#??

    Whatever.

    • 3 votes
    Reply#3 - Wed Feb 3, 2010 6:07 PM EST
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    joe'smommy

    I love the "she said she can no longer dance because of her injuries." Find another job!! I am hoping she did not plan on stripping forever.

    I am not surprised she sued, people sue over stupid things all the time. I am surprised she actually won!! Her jury must have been perv. row men!

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    Reply#5 - Wed Feb 3, 2010 8:44 PM EST
    sphere-1246615

    really, may the hole courtroom

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    #5.1 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:53 AM EST
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    DaVoH

    Must've stripped in court...

    • 3 votes
    Reply#6 - Thu Feb 4, 2010 12:34 PM EST
    sphere-1246615

    and won too

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    #6.1 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:54 AM EST
    DaVoH

    Hey, whatever it takes...

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    #6.2 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 8:55 AM EST
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    Freedom Writer-801740

    More stupidity of these juries rewarding irresponsibility instead of placing the fault on who is truly to blame.

    • 4 votes
    Reply#7 - Thu Feb 4, 2010 12:49 PM EST
    Adamdadm01

    And more stupidity to the judges that allow these trials into the court room.

      #7.1 - Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:55 PM EST
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      rtg-

      When a person drinks and gets behind the wheel of a vehicle, its their own fault. It sickens me that they can sue others for their own recklessness.

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      Reply#8 - Thu Feb 4, 2010 4:03 PM EST
      dontbh8n

      She'll probably want payment in $1 bills.

        Reply#9 - Thu Feb 4, 2010 5:23 PM EST
        sphere-1246615

        and now she can become a Madonna

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        Reply#10 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:56 AM EST
        I'm Ringo

        Disgusting. This criminal suing someone else for the result of her crime? She didn't care about the life or safety of anybody else on the road, but as soon as SHE gets a bruise then she's the victim. She should be in jail.

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        Reply#11 - Fri Feb 5, 2010 9:11 AM EST
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