Kathleen Durante, Administratrix of the Estate of Elizabeth Durante et al. v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority et al.: The family of a college student killed in a head-on highway collision with a drunk driver has settled a lawsuit with the nightclub that served the intoxicated patron for $4.2 million.
On March 7, 2009, Elizabeth Durante, a 20-year-old junior at Connecticut College in New London, was killed when a wrong-way driver smashed into the van she was riding in at about 3:45 a.m. on Interstate-395 near Montville. Both vehicles were traveling at a high rate of speed and, after impact, Durante ended up trapped underneath the van.
