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The lawsuit was filed Friday against the 1356 Public House, off Highway 141, and 34-year-old Jessica Przygoda on behalf of two of Julisa Cannon’s minor children.

It claims Przygoda was “clearly and visibly intoxicated� after she was served alcohol at the bar, at 1356 Big Bend Road in the tiny municipality of Twin Oaks. Police in court records said Przygoda was at the bar in mid-August tracking her son’s device in order to follow her ex-husband.

“Despite the fact that Przygoda had been and was visibly and highly intoxicated, inebriated to an extent that her physical actions were significantly uncoordinated and had significant physical dysfunction, (1356 Pub) knowingly continued to serve her intoxicating liquors and/or alcoholic beverages,� the suit, filed by Kansas-city based attorney Daniel DeFeo, says.

Authorities have not charged Przygoda with any alcohol-related offenses. The Edwardsville resident faces one count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a charge filed almost seven months after the crash.

“My only comment would be she entered a plea of not guilty and that’s the way we are going to proceed on the criminal charges,� Przygoda’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum, said. “To the extent there is a civil proceeding, we will turn it over to the insurance company.�

Along with Przygoda, the lawsuit names Young Monies Unlimited, a Chesterfield company, as a defendant. Kevin Fine, a certified public accountant, is listed in the suit and as the agent of the business in the state’s business directory.

Fine told the Post-Dispatch on Wednesday that he does not have any ownership of the company and does the business’ taxes. He said he would forward a request for comment to the bar’s owners, whom he would not identify.

Under Missouri’s Dram Shop law, a business can be held liable if they serve alcohol to someone who exhibits clear signs of intoxication — or to someone under 21 — and the intoxicated person’s actions cause injury or damage.

The crash happened Aug. 23 on Meramec Station Road near Crescent Avenue, about a third of a mile from 1356 Public House.

Cannon, 31, was walking east on Meramec Station Road when she was struck by a car just before 10:30 p.m. that night. The mother of five was carrying food and walking home from her job at Pizza Hut, which is next door to the 1356 Public House.

In court papers, police said Przygoda went to the pub to follow her ex-husband. She stayed until after her ex-husband left, police said.

Przygoda then drove her Ford Edge on Meramec Station Road and hit Cannon, police said. Cannon died at a hospital.

Przygoda drove off, police said, heading south to Interstate 44 and east toward ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

At some point, one of her SUV tires became disabled on the interstate, and Missouri Department of Transportation workers saw her on the shoulder of I-44. Przygoda’s friends came to drive her car back to her home in Edwardsville.

The next day, police said, one of the friends who brought Przygoda home went to check on her. As the friend tried to talk with her about what happened, the friend saw Przygoda remove hairs from the windshield and toss them in the trash, police said.

Police found what they described as hair embedded in the front passenger windshield. Her phone revealed her locations before, during and after the crash, police said.

She was charged in connection to Cannon’s death in March and posted a $100,000 cash bond a few days later, according to court records.

Police said Przygoda pleaded guilty in 2020 to a charge of driving under the influence in Madison County.