(ThinkStock Images)After almost losing her life to her parents' poor judgment, a little girl has taken her family to task—and to court.
12-year-old Faith Carberry, of Longford, Ireland, filed a lawsuit against her parents, Mary Carberry and Tommy Varden, after sustaining severe injuries from a drunk driving accident caused by Carberry, driving a car purchased by Varden. On Wednesday, the liability suit was settled on undisclosed terms.
The accident occurred in November, 2007, when Faith was seven years old. Carberry was binge drinking and crashed her BMW into an embankment, killing Faith's sister Ava, 6, and Faith's' friend, Michaela Logan, 9. Michaela's brother John was also injured but, like Faith, survived the crash.
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Carberry allegedly has a history of chronic alcoholism, and at the time of the accident had been banned from driving after two DUIs.
Faith survived, but suffered serious spinal injuries which left her in a cast for 10 weeks. She
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