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Liquor Liability

Injury type: Assaults, DUIs, Alcohol-related crimes
Causes: Parties responsible for serving alcohol to intoxicated persons
Prevention: Moderation

Related topics: Traumatic Brain Injury, Automobile Accidents
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Liquor Liability

Liquor liability laws describe circumstances when a person is financially liable for serving an alcoholic beverage to a visibly intoxicated person. The laws are also known as dram shop laws, referring to the 18th-century British practice of selling a dram (spoonful) of gin. Currently, liability laws vary by state. Some states hold a bar owner and bartender responsible for the harm caused by serving a drink to an intoxicated person. Liability is often part of a DUI case and could be assigned to restaurants, liquor stores, clubs and private events like home parties. That party could be liable if the intoxicated person commits a crime. Liability laws also apply to selling liquor without a license, selling it to minors and selling it after hours.

Liquor Liability Laws May Apply To Assaults; Automobile Accidents

While public health advocates have made a huge push to educate Americans about the secondary dangers of alcohol abuse, policymakers have also responded with liquor liability (sometimes called "dram shop") laws that put a burden on business owners who sell liquor to an obviously intoxicated person. Liquor Liability and Dram Shop Laws and Assault. Bars and other drinking establishments are required to cut off an obviously intoxicated person from further alcohol purchases once the person has displayed public intoxication. read more

Social Hosts Not Safe from Liquor Liability Laws

But few are aware of the so-called "social host" liability - the legal responsibilities of social hosts who serve their guests alcohol. Not all states recognize social host liability, but those that do consider the obligations of a social host to be serious, especially in cases which involve drunk driving. The size of the gathering is inconsequential - from a single guest to a guest list of thousands, the social host can carry a hefty financial burden under social host liability. read more

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Liquor Liability Jury Verdicts

______ Defense verdict - Dram Shop Auto Accident - Dram Shop - Known Alcoholic - Wrongful Death - Motor Vehicle - Defense Verdict - - - - Alcohol

______ $600,000 Breakdown: $550,000 from Han (paid over time) 50,000 from Yang (already paid) - Motor Vehicle Auto Accident - Head-on - Dram Shop - Alcohol - Settlement

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Liquor Liability News Articles

Park Rapids Enterprise | Park Rapids, Minnesota

Highlander Festival organizers want to include beer garden

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Liquor Liability Newsfeeds

Craft Beer Is Brewing Business for Agents and Insurers

Oyster Bar still closed, second bankruptcy filed

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Liquor Liability Useful Web Sites

Anapol Schwartz, Liquor Liability Attorneys

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Liquor Liability Wikipedia

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List of alcohol laws of the United States by state

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