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Dram Shop Liability

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Dram Shop Liability
A term referring to the body of law governing the liability of taverns, liquor stores and other commercial establishments that serve alcoholic beverages, in particular the liability arising from the sale of alcohol to visibly intoxicated persons or minors who subsequently cause death or injury to third-parties unrelated to the ‘dram shop’ due to alcohol-related car crashes and other accidents


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Seven states--Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Virginia--have no commercial dram shop liability laws, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
Stephen Barth, attorney and educator, warned that dram shop liability trends continue to focus the attention of the legal world on servers of beverage alcohol, and advised that thorough and regular training of responsible service methods is one key way for operators to protect themselves against potentially devastating judgments.
The factual details that establish dram shop liability may be lost with time as physical evidence evaporates and witnesses shift their recollection from what actually happened to what sounds good.
 
 
 
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