Sentences with phrase «dram shop act»

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-- A strip club seems to have evaded a nearly $ 3 million verdict after the Ohio Supreme Court found the sole claim for a woman injured by a drunk - driving stripper would be under the state's Dram Shop Act.

Dram Shop Act cases are most commonly brought against bars but can also be brought against restaurants and even social hosts who provide alcohol to someone who was already visibly intoxicated.

The woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the restaurant, based on the state's Dram Shop Act.

Indiana, like Massachusetts, has a Dram Shop Act that serves to hold irresponsible restaurant and bar owners liable for their reckless serving habits.

Indiana's Dram Shop Act serves to hold an establishment financially liable when they serve a patron to the point of intoxication, and then that patron causes a car accident.

Legal issues surrounding stadium accidents can become complicated, especially when your injury was more than a simple slip and fall and the Dram Shop Act, Baseball Facility Liability Act, or Hockey Facility Liability Act come into play.

In 1987, just a few days after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in El Chico v. Poole, the Texas Legislature enacted the Dram Shop Act.

The employer did not encourage the employee to directly violate the Dram Shop Act and sell to either minors or impaired individuals.

The Dram Shop Act makes businesses that sell liquor responsible for certain drunk driving accident cases.

However, what is less well known is that in certain very limited circumstances the person or establishment that served the drunk driver alcohol that caused their intoxication may also be liable, under the state's Dram Shop Act.

Our Belleville personal injury lawyers at Cates Mahoney, LLC can help you determine if a car accident claim under the Illinois Dram Shop Act would benefit you.

The Illinois Dram Shop Act protects those who have been injured due to the negligence or recklessness of others.

Our Belleville personal injury attorneys at Cates Mahoney, LLC are knowledgeable about the Illinois Dram Shop Act and related laws.

Too often, the victims of those accidents and their family members feel they have no recourse; however, the Illinois Dram Shop Act may provide an alternative to traditional parties available for recovery.

The Illinois Dram Shop Act does have limitations.

The Illinois Dram Shop Act serves as an added protection in those cases where bartenders or waitresses continued service of alcohol to someone who was obviously intoxicated, or to a minor, and that individual then caused a collision which resulted in bodily harm.

The Illinois Dram Shop Act addresses one such situation.

Not exact matches

Defense of businesses in a wide variety of claims regarding negligent acts, including but not limited to construction site accidents, food contamination cases, drowning cases and dram shop cases, resulting in catastrophic injuries and death.

With the rare experience of helping entertainment companies plan and orchestrate concerts and festivals across the U.S. and around the globe, John built the model for a practice group that caters to live music festivals and similar events, with a «soup to nuts» suite of legal services spanning complicated personal injury litigation, construction, bid protests, breach of contract, Dram Shop laws, employment, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and more.

A Dram Shop Law is a very specific law that allows those injured by the drunken acts of an individual to seek compensation from the establishment that over-served that individual.

It is important to act swiftly after you have been injured to preserve necessary evidence and to address other important factors in your case, including potential dram shop liability.