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CherylK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 12:41 AM
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Young Turks: Drunk Drivers Can Sue Bartenders?
 
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Posted on YouTube: June 03, 2011
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Posted on DU: June 06, 2011
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A New Jersey judge ruled that a drunk driver can sue the bartender he claims over-served him. Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz and Jayar Jackson discuss.

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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 12:44 AM
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1. That's dumb. Every bar would be put out of business with frivilous lawsuits. (nt)
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 12:59 AM
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2. That's just foolish. In many many cases, few if anyone would recognize
that someone is over the legal limit...especially if it's a longterm overdrinker. I suspect MOST people who get caught on a DUI are not visably drunk. The telltale is the test. Now the idiot legislators of NJ are stating that every bartender should somehow KNOW when each patron should be cut off? Yea, right.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 01:20 AM
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3. Breathalysers are cheap
Take keys on entry, store in lock box. Breath test on way out. Fail, no car keys, or keys given to someone who can pass the test and says they will drive. Liability shifted. Job done.
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 02:54 AM
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4. This law has been on the books for years in 32 states.
Edited on Mon Jun-06-11 02:58 AM by Ineeda
It's called Social Host Liability Law and/or dramshop law or some variation, and also applies to private hosts. Google it.
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