Estate of Teel Ex Rel. Naddeo v. Darby

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

This action arises out of a single-car accident, which occurred between the evening hours of 30 April and the early morning of 1 May 1993, and resulted in the death of all of the vehicle’s occupants. There were no eye witnesses to the accident, but the evidence tends to show that on the evening of 30 April 1993, Dwaine Lydell Darby, Patty Teel and Melissa Mullis were passengers in a vehicle driven by Otis Blount. Further, evidence indicates that, on that same evening prior to the accident, Blount purchased and drank alcoholic beverages, which he had obtained from the…