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From: hg@entropy.UUCP (Helen Gipe)
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Subject: Re: A possible cure for driving drunk, seriously
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 18:25:17 EDT
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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

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I live in Seattle, and I have hear several different bartenders say that
they are responsible for the patrons.  I have never heard of any cases
though where they were actually prosecuted or ``held responsible''.  I know
of too many places where the bartenders would be unemployable in this city
if it were true.