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Enquirer Targets Palin's In-Laws

Todd's brother charged in drunken hit-and-run incident

By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser User

Posted Sep 17, 2008 11:30 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The National Enquirer takes another swing at Sarah Palin's colorful family again this week—this time wielding not unnamed sources but Alaskan court documents. It seems that her brother-in-law James had a drunk-driving hit-and-run arrest in 1989, when he was 20. According to records, he hit a woman, breaking her pelvis, got out of his vehicle and moved her out of the way, and then drove away from the scene. He was fined $50.

The Enquirer also dug up a domestic violence petition James filed against his unwed baby mama, whom he accused of taking their toddler to drug houses. And Palin’s mother-in-law, Blanche Kallstrom, sued the state for negligence after a bizarre accident in which she fed a child lye-based detergent thinking it was juice. She took the case all the way to Alaska’s supreme court, which ruled against her.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin looks at the crowd gathered outside an airplane hangar while walking down a jetway with her husband Todd Palin last week.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin looks at the crowd gathered outside an airplane hangar while walking down a jetway with her husband Todd Palin last week.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is greeted by her daughter, Piper, after arriving for a welcome home rally in Fairbanks, Alaska Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.
Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is greeted by her daughter, Piper, after arriving for a welcome home rally in Fairbanks, Alaska Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Sarah and Todd Palin hold their baby boy, Trig, their fifth child who was born in April with Down syndrome.
Sarah and Todd Palin hold their baby boy, Trig, their fifth child who was born in April with Down syndrome.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
Republican vice president candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters during rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Palin's husband Todd is right.
Republican vice president candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters during rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Palin's husband Todd is right.   (AP Photo/ Al Grillo)
Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, stands with her husband Todd, while being announced during a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.
Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, stands with her husband Todd, while being announced during a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
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