Family of John Short Files Suit Against Underage Impaired Driver News Conference

The family of John R. Short, Sr. whose tractor trailer was struck and caused to plunge off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay where he drowned has filed a Seven Million ($7,000,000.00) Dollar lawsuit today in the Circuit Court for Queen Annes County against Candy Lynn Baldwin, the 19 year old underage drinker who killed Mr. Short on August 10, 2008. In doing so the family seeks to establish the role that Candy Baldwins drinking and driving the night before and the morning of the crash played in the death of their beloved husband and father. No charges for manslaughter or homicide on account of alcohol impairment were filed against Ms. Baldwin because no breath or blood test legally admissible for criminal evidentiary purposes was requested of Ms. Baldwin until 6 ½ hours after the crash. At that time the result showed Candy Baldwin had consumed alcohol but not enough to show impairment at the time of the test. She was cited for underage drinking which is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 in Maryland.

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