Torts/Personal Injury
Mar. 12, 2024
A refresher on Dram Shop liability
California follows the common law rule that the sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person is not the proximate cause of injury or death caused by the intoxicated person. However, if a parent, guardian, or other adult knowingly furnishes alcoholic beverages to a minor, the rule may not apply.
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Allen P. Wilkinson
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Allen is a retired lawyer, with many years of experience involving personal injury and medical malpractice cases
Prior to the 1970s, California followed the common law rule that the sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person was not the proximate cause of injury or death caused by the intoxicated person. Rather, the consumption of the alcoholic beverage was considered the proximate cause. (See, e.g., Lammers v. Pacific Elec. Ry. Co. (1921) 186 Cal. 379; Fleckner v. Dionne (1949) 94 Cal. App. 2d 246....
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