If you drink with a friend and someone drives home and has an accident, are you responsible as a co-drinker?
No way, I really have to bear it, a case was recently concluded somewhere, there was a man surnamed Tong, who drank with two friends a few days ago, and all three of them drank a lot of wine, but Xiao Tong felt that he had enough alcohol and could go home by himself, and he didn't need anyone to send him.
Of course, because the three of them were drinking, to be honest, it was not certain who would send whom, so Xiao Tong drove home by himself, and his two friends did not stop him, which is of course problematic, and the result may be that Xiao Tong drank a little alcohol and weakened his driving ability, and suddenly drove into the fish pond, and never came back to life, and lost his life.
After learning of this tragedy, Xiao Tong's family was naturally very sad and angry, so they sued the two friends who drank with Xiao Tong to the court, and they said that if they didn't drink, they couldn't do this, and you knew that our family had been drinking, so why did you let him drive away? Why couldn't they take care of him? So Xiao Tong's family demanded that these two friends compensate Xiao Tong hundreds of thousands of yuan.
So you drink with others, you both drink, and when you break up, you both feel very sober, and you don't need each other to say goodbye, so once someone has an accident, do you want to take responsibility?
Of course, the family members are also very angry, if it weren't for you drinking together, how could our family die if we hadn't been drinking together?
After mediation, the court clarified the legal principles with both parties, and first of all, everyone must have an awareness that at any time, after you drink with another person, no matter whether you feel that he has drunk too much or too little, you had better have a duty of care for him.
For example, there have been precedents in the past, where 10 people at a table were drinking, and if one person had an accident, those 9 people had to pay compensation, so since you are friends to drink together, then no one wants your friend to have an accident, and if your friend really drinks, we really have to fulfill our duty of care or inform.
For example, if your friend comes in a car, you must stop him, don't let him drive drunk, even if you pay for him to call a substitute driver, sometimes it is your small act that can save a life and save the whole family.
Of course, the court also said that Xiao Tong, as an adult, although he drank alcohol, but when the drinking party was dispersed, he was still relatively conscious, and he should bear the greatest responsibility for his own life, he is an adult, and he has the ability to control his behavior, so Xiao Tong died in a car accident, he should bear the greatest responsibility, and it is unreasonable for you to ask for hundreds of thousands of people at once.
But on the other hand, the judge also persuaded the two friends who drank together, since they are all friends, and if something like this happened to the friends, out of humanitarianism, they should also give a certain amount of economic compensation, so in the end, after court mediation, the two friends, each of whom compensated Xiao Tong's family more than 30,000 yuan, and the matter finally had a happy ending.
But of course, Xiao Tong's life has left, so we especially advise all good friends, as long as you go to the drinking party, as long as someone drinks at the wine table, then even if you don't send him, you can probably understand the way he goes back, don't let him get drunk driving, especially it is best to get in touch with his family, in short, don't have an accident, as long as something happens, sorry, you must have the responsibility to compensate.