Bar Sued Over Binge Death

Bar Sued Over Binge Death
June 14, 2005

News Summary

Two Vermont bars are being sued over a 2003 incident in which a teenager died after downing 19 drinks in less that four hours. The youth's drinking companion also is named in the lawsuit, the Boston Herald reported June 8.

Donna Carleton is suing Sidelines and the defunct Cadeleros in Rutland, saying the bars kept serving her son, Barry Ellison, even though he was visibly intoxicated. Ellison's friend, Vincent Donnelly, also is being sued under a Vermont law that bans serving alcohol to someone who is drunk.

Ellison was served 17 beers and liquor shots at the two bars before returning to Donnelly's mother's house and having two more drinks. Ellison then passed out; when brought to the hospital 13 hours later, his blood-alcohol level was still 0.1037 percent.

He never regained consciousness and died in a hospital 20 days later.

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