Except for relatively minor accidents caused by drunk drivers, which are typically covered by insurance, victims of serious accidents caused by such drivers must often pay shocking amounts for long-term medical treatment and physical therapy. Their lives are disrupted and savings are drained, because protection against catastrophic losses is inadequate. This occurs because drinking drivers often have few assets; insurance funds are limited and quickly exhausted; many courts are reluctant to allow claims against more remote affluent wrongdoers; and products liability theory does not easily justify suing the distillers, brewers, and winemakers. To remedy this circumstance, the author proposes that State governments establish a supplemental compensation fund to aid the most seriously injured victims of drinking drivers. The fund would be financed by a new tax on alcohol manufacturers and distributors and would supplement the existing tort law system. Model legislation for the establishment of such a fund is provided. Chapter notes and a subject index