Tasmania's attorney-general ordered an inquest into the death of 26-year-old Jari Wise after a lengthy public and legal campaign by his mother Faith Tkalac.
Mr Wise was struck by a car driven by Melissa Oates at Huonville, south of Hobart, in the early hours of February 29, 2020.
Oates was sentenced in 2021 to 14 months' jail, with six months suspended, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.
In findings delivered on Monday, coroner Simon Cooper said Oates was speeding at 110km/h in a 50km/h zone and was three times above the legal blood-alcohol limit.
"She was plainly very intoxicated. She should never have been driving," Mr Cooper said.
Mr Cooper also noted Oates' driving was impaired because she was not wearing glasses, a condition of her licence.
However, he ruled there was insufficient evidence to support the conclusion Oates saw Mr Wise before she turned onto the road where she hit him.
There was also a "complete absence" of reliable evidence proving Mr Wise jumped into her path.
"There is no evidence that supports a conclusion Ms Oates deliberately ran Mr Wise over," Mr Cooper said.
Speaking outside court, Ms Tkalac said her feelings were mixed and she would speak with lawyers about potential next steps.
"(The coroner) said 'yes, Jari didn't jump in front of Melissa's car'. That's what I wanted," she said.
"(But the coroner has) just left it up in the air again."
Jari Wise, pictured with his mother, had a volatile relationship with Melissa Oates. (HANDOUT/FAITH TKALAC)
Mr Wise and Oates, one of multiple people to give evidence at the inquest, had been in a "volatile" relationship.
The pair had been drinking together in the lead-up to the crash at a friend's house where they had an argument.
Ms Oates didn't stop after hitting Mr Wise but drove back to the friend's house and said "you've got to help me, I think I've hit something or someone and I hope it's not Jari".
Mr Cooper rejected Ms Oates' evidence that she did not know she had hit Mr Wise, noting she told the friend "hit the c***" in reference to him.
The coroner described Oates' evidence as "evasive and vague" but also noted she was "grossly intoxicated" at the time of the accident.
Tasmania's attorney-general intervened in mid-2023 after Ms Tkalac's Supreme Court appeal against Mr Cooper's decision to not hold an inquest failed.
Mr Cooper said the inquest did not change any of his initial conclusions.
He said based on damage to the car he was satisfied Mr Wise, who was wearing dark clothing, was standing in the lane Oates was driving.
In late 2023, legislation dubbed "Jari's law" requiring coroners to examine deaths where family violence contributed was passed by Tasmania's lower house.
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