Legal Memo

7 Pages 1781 Words

INTRODUCTION

Our new client, Ms. Jane Healy has hired our law firm to handle her automobile accident that occurred nearly one year ago. She has obtained us to represent and provide advice for her potential litigation against the person or persons responsible for this accident and her injuries she sustained therein. This legal memorandum will address the liability issues concerning the restaurant who served alcohol to the driver who was involved with Ms. Healy in the alleged incident.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Ms. Jane Healy, was involved in an automobile accident that occurred in the previous year on February 25, 1994. On that evening, Ms. Healy was on her way home from work in her 1998 BMW 325i on 14th Street . She was traveling in very heavy traffic. She was late for an appointment with a friend which caused her to be rushed. As she approached the light on 14th Street that intersects with Childs Street, her traffic light turned yellow.
Even though the posted speed limit is twenty-five miles per hour on this street, Ms. Healy proceeded to accelerate to thirty-five miles per hour to ensure that she made it through the light. As she entered the intersection, the traffic in front of her suddenly stopped. Ms. Healy had to slam on her brakes in order to avoid causing a collision with the traffic in front of her. When she was forced to stop suddenly, she was left stranded in the middle of the intersection of 14th Street and Childs Street. Ms. Healy’s light turned red while she was still stranded. Meanwhile, Mr. Charles Raymond was traveling southbound on Childs Street. He was the first car stopped at the intersection. Raymond, who had been heavily intoxicated immediately before being involved in this accident, was paying no or little attention to what was occurring in the intersection in front of him. When the traffic light turned green, Mr. Raymond accelerated his car and roared his car through the intersection, slammi...