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Driver Using Cell Phone Rear Ended a Car and Killed a Baby in a Columbia Heights Accident

On March 18, a woman was speeding down Central Avenue in Columbia Heights and looking for the cell phone she had just dropped.  She rear-ended a car stopped at an intersection and killed a baby, a 14-month-old.  The baby was properly strapped into his car seat, but the force of the impact (remember she was [...]

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Drunk Driver Liability in MN: DWI NightCAP Arrests Up in July

Drunk Driver Liability in MN: DWI NightCAP Arrests Up in July

If the driver’s alcohol concentration is .08 or more, the driver is in violation of Minnesota Statute, Section 169A.  If someone violates this law, it is prima facie evidence of negligence in a civil case (Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.96 (2006)).  When a drunk driver is involved in an accident, people injured in the accident and [...]

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Special DWI Enforcement Plan

The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety will fund special DWI enforcement efforts in five counties this year as part of a heightened enforcement effort to curtail drunken driving in counties with a history of alcohol-related crashes. The five counties are Ramsey, Rice, St. Louis, Sherburne and Stearns. According to the Winter 2009 newsletter of the Office [...]

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