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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell
I wouldn't be to quick to dismiss this. I was selling beer at the Qwest center in Omaha and we had to take these classes on alcohol training. They showed a Dateline NBC a story on the Giants and how they were sued because one of the fans at a game had drank like 25 beers and was so drunk he couldn't stand, but was able to drive his car and killed a little girl after leaving the stadium. The girls dad got millions from the Giants and the NFL. They were shown to have been negligent. I'm telling you, it's going to get harder and harder to have a couple beers at the game because there are too many dickheads who can't control themselves.
All this guy needs is a sympathetic jury, and the Chiefs will pay up. Probably will be settled out of court.
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Well, I'm not sure whether NY has a dram shop law, but I'm guessing it does. Really, I don't know if Missouri does either for that matter. In the Chiefs case, the intentional act of battery goes beyond mere negligence of allowing someone to drive drunk, IMO. I can't imagine the same sympathy for a Raider compared to this NY girl - if it goes to a jury. A KC jury may award damages to the Chiefs on a counter-claim!
dram shop rule n. a statute (Dram Shop Act) or case law in 38 states which makes a business which sells alcoholic drinks or a host who serves liquor to a drinker who is obviously intoxicated or close to it, strictly liable to anyone injured by the drunken patron or guest. To the contrary, California recently passed legislation specifically banning such strict liability. It is often hard to prove that the liquor bought or served was the specific cause of an accident (such as an automobile crash while driving home), since there is always an intervening cause, namely, the drunk.