Comments on: “Charlie Davies sues nightclub, Red Bull”

By: Advice Goddess Blog

Advice Goddess Blog — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:47:40 +0000

Taking The “Personal” Out Of Personal Responsibility…

“Perhaps his theory will be that the nightclub had an obligation to assess how drunk the woman was, but he didn’t…”…

By: asdfasdf

asdfasdf — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:53:46 +0000

Passenger might concede partial liability so that dram shop still liable for remainder or, in joint-and-several-liability jurisdiction, the entire amount.

By: ps

ps — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:52:45 +0000

oh sure, blame the passengers. What is it about americans that they always need to blame somebody for everything. Clearly it was all the fault of the bartender. Wait…uh…forget it.

By: VMS

VMS — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:30:48 +0000

Such a lawsuit would seem to be OK if the plaintiff were someone other than a person in the vehicle being driven by the drunk driver. In this case, did the passengers “assume the risk” by getting into a vehicle driven by someone that they now allege was obviously drunk?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:26:51 +0000

The lawsuit said that despite Espinoza being obviously drunk, the club continued serving her alcohol. It claims the club and company “carelessly and negligently” served drinks to drunken guests.

She was “obviously drunk” yet Davies not only didn’t try and stop her from driving, he let her drive himself and Roberta from the club. What does that say about his lack of responsibility and common sense? You have to be a complete idiot to allow a drunk to drive you.