A young woman got so drunk one night that she blew up several houses.
26-year-old, Canadian Daniella Leis caused about $10 million in damages after she drove while drunk and crashed into a house, causing a huge explosion. She is now suing the concert organizers that served her alcoholic drinks throughout the day and night. She claims that the company owners are also to blame for the accident and should take responsibility.
The incident happened on August 14, 2019, while Leis was driving home after having the time of her life at a Marilyn Manson concert held at the Budweiser Gardens arena in Ontario, Canada.
After becoming intoxicated at the show, Leis got behind the wheel of her car, a Ford Fusion registered to her father, and crashed into a home at 450 Woodman Avenue. She made national headlines after the crash led to a severed gas line that triggered an explosion that ended up destroying four homes and injuring seven people.
The explosion began at the house she crashed into, and falling embers led to massive fires in nearby homes. The entire neighborhood was evacuated, and authorities shut down gas and water services in the area.
The injured included two firefighters and two police officers, with a firefighter forced to spend a week in the hospital.
The massive fire caused damages between $9.8 million and $14.7 million.
Speaking to the court during her trial, Judge George Orsini said that the financial impacts of her actions were enormous, with the damage estimate at almost $15 million.
Leis pleaded guilty to impaired driving and was handed a three-year prison sentence.
However, she and her father, Shawn Leis, are looking for a way to ease their financial burden.
The pair filed a lawsuit against Ovations Ontario Food Services this month. The lawsuit alleges that the company, which distributed alcohol at the concert, shares some liability filed by victims over the blast.
The pair argues that the company is partly to blame because some of their staffers kicked the drunk girl out of the venue and failed to ensure that she would not drive while drunk.
In addition, the lawsuit argues that the company continued to serve her liquor while fully aware that she was heavily intoxicated and accuses them of favoring profit over safety. According to the lawsuit, the damage from her crash was caused by a breach of duty, negligence, and breach of contract by the company