The Outcome: We $5.5 million for our clients who were injured when their car was hit head-on by a drunk driver headed the wrong way on I-26. The impaired driver had been celebrating her 29th birthday at two bars, one in downtown Charleston, in advance of the 3 a.m. crash.
One of the injured victims received $2.25 million of the settlement, while the other received $3.25. At a height of 4’9” and weighing less than 100 pounds, the driver’s blood alcohol level was still two and half times the legal limit when it was measured over an hour after the crash.