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From: strickln@ihlpa.UUCP (stricklen)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: A possible cure for driving drunk, seriously
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 09:25:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 09:25:11 1985
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> How about that, I think its a GREAT idea.  The added incentive for bar owners 
> would be they are totally responsible for any damage a patron did, if they did
> not comply.  
> 
> By the way would this be legal????

In Illinois, bar owners are liable for all damages incurred by patrons who
leave their establishments under the influence.  I am told by my mother
(who worked quite a few years in the liquor industry) that statutes of
this form used to be in place in all fifty states.  Today only about five
still have laws of this type.

A friend of mine in high school was riding in a car driven by a man who
was completely inebriated.  They were involved in an accident which left 
her paralyzed from the neck down.  Even though she willingly got into the
car, she was still able to sue the owner of the bar who served the driver
for damages.

Steve Stricklen
AT&T Bell Laboratories