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A nightclub has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a medical student killed by a drunk driver who spent hours drinking at the club. Daniel Musser was a sailor stationed at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., when he went to the Ultra 88 nightclub at the Mohegan Sun casino in nearby Uncasville. He drank for several hours before getting in his car, driving the wrong way on the interstate  and slamming head-on into a …

    Getting a DUI citation will ruin your life. You’ll lose your license, which means you may lose your job, you’ll pay huge fines and you may go to jail.  All of this could have been avoided if you had just known your own limit. The reason that law enforcement and the courts are so harsh on drunk drivers is that in 2010 alone they killed 10,288 people, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Every year, 1.4 million arrests …

The family of a Utah boy who was killed in an alleged texting-while-driving accident is suing the driver who hit him for wrongful death. The accused driver, Jeffery Lloyd Bascom, is also facing criminal charges under the state’s distracted driving law. Thomas LaVelle Clark, 15, was walking along a semi-rural road on the outskirts of the town of Vernal when he was hit from behind by a pickup driven by Bascom, 28. Clark was thrown 40 feet over a ditch …

This article first appeared on Politix. Click here to access the original article and to participate in the Politix comment board. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the police have the power to strap you down and take a blood sample without a search warrant when you are arrested for a DUI. It happened to a drunken trucker who was pulled over for his third DUI and who refused to take the breathalyzer test. His blood alcohol level was …

  Formula One race cars and Vin Diesel’s hot rods from the “Fast and Furious” movies aren’t racing around your neighborhood and there’s a good reason.  Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine explains why. If you want to soup up your car, pass an inspection (if your state requires it) and avoid tickets and fines, his report shows you how to make sure your car is street legal. If you’ve spent serious money on modifying your car, this fast-paced video shows you …