A Dallas-area man is suing a local bar after he crashed his car following an eight hour drinking spree at the bar.

Gordon Savage is seeking $1 million in damages from W.W. Fairfield's of Richardson, Texas. Savage claims that he started drinking at the bar around 6 p.m. and employees continued to serve him alcohol past 2 a.m.  Around 3:10 a.m. Savage crashed his car into a concrete dividing wall on the North Central Expressway. Savage was treated at a local hospital, but never charged with drunken driving.

Savage's attorney, Tom Carse, blames the bar's servers, claiming they are trained to make sure customers aren't drinking too much.

"You don't go sit and drink for eight hours at a bar," Carse said. "You don't let a customer do that."

According to news reports, it is now up to a jury to decide whether Savage was "obviously intoxicated" to the point that the bar should be held partially liable under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.

—Source:  dallasnews.com