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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Drunk or Not?

SAN FRANCISCO — A family sued Metropolitan Life Insurance in Federal Court for refusing to pay $770,000 in death benefits for a man who died in an auto accident because his blood alcohol content was 0.067 percent, which is below the state's standard of 0.08.

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