Comments on: N.J.: Drunk drivers can sue the bars that served them, cont’d https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/10/n-j-drunk-drivers-can-sue-the-bars-that-served-them-contd/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: CTrees https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/10/n-j-drunk-drivers-can-sue-the-bars-that-served-them-contd/comment-page-1/#comment-103672 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:42:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19587#comment-103672 I don’t know how it is in much of the country, but in South Carolina, at least, it’s already established that there is liability for people you get drunk, be it by serving them at your bar, or serving them at a party you’ve thrown. That’s why it’s recommended, for large parties (weddings being a common example), to get a catering service to handle the alcohol, because then the bulk of the liability moves to them.

I forget the name of this doctrine, but… it’s what I’ve been taught, here (undergrad, pre-law courses, for what those are worth, so the reality could be WAY off *eyeroll*)

]]> By: wfjag https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/10/n-j-drunk-drivers-can-sue-the-bars-that-served-them-contd/comment-page-1/#comment-103601 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:06:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19587#comment-103601 Is this the plot for the second season of Jersey Shore? (Go to a bar, get drunk, do something stupid, get hurt, sue the bar, watch lawyers in cheap suits make speeches and hit on girls wearing little — sounds like all the right elements for a hit).

]]> By: Jim Collins https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/10/n-j-drunk-drivers-can-sue-the-bars-that-served-them-contd/comment-page-1/#comment-103584 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:27:18 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19587#comment-103584 Well there goes personal responsibility, right out the window.

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