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Drunk and Injured: Do I Have a Case Against the Bar?

By | March 8th, 2013

QUESTION: I was drunk in a bar and I fell, injuring myself. Do I have a case against the bar? They should have cut me off for having too much to drink but didn’t. ANSWER: Personal injury suits against alcohol providers are usually based on a negligence theory. The alcohol provider’s damages exposure is severely restricted by express statutory immunity from civil liability for any injury caused by the alcohol consumer. The immunity protects both “social host” providers and those in the business of selling alcoholic beverages [CC § 1714(b)].

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