Pennsylvania Jury Awards $6.8M in 2007 DUI Crash

August 23, 2010

An eastern Pennsylvania jury has awarded $6.8 million in damages to a woman who was injured in a 2007 drunken driving crash.

A Chester County jury found a Coatesville restaurant liable for having continued to serve a man who had been visibly intoxicated.

Ryan Fell, of West Brandywine, says she is still in pain and remains unemployed because of the March 2007 accident.

Omar Villalava-Martinez, formerly of Parkesburg, had been drinking at the Famous Mexican Restaurant and Bar in Coatesville before getting in his car and smashing and head-on into Fell’s car just four miles down the road.

Villalava, an illegal immigrant, was later deported to Mexico. The restaurant has since closed.

Topics Pennsylvania

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  • August 30, 2010 at 3:39 am
    Dan says:
    If the illegal is deported and the restaurant is closed and maybe uninsured, she will never see a penny unfortunately.
  • August 24, 2010 at 3:15 am
    Jim says:
    Most of the illegals out here in Arizona don't have car insurance. They jump through hoops when getting a car and drop the insurance as soon as they get tags for a year. If th... read more
  • August 24, 2010 at 5:58 am
    wudchuck says:
    it'd be interesting if the owner of the bar/restaurant was an illegal!

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