only in Georgia.....

[senco78]

The Georgia Supreme Court says a South Georgia convenience store can be held liable in the death of a customer to whom the store sold a 12 pack of beer.

The state's highest court overturned a lower court ruling, and found that a Clinch County convenience store can be held liable in a crash that killed six people.

The court ruled 6-1 that the store can be held liable for selling beer to a driver who was noticeably intoxicated. His car later hit a van, killing himself and five other people. Now store owners know they will have to judge which shoppers are drunk.

http://www.walb.com/story/15029418/...rns-ruling-on-clinch-co-store?redirected=true

 

[Bread]

We need Oksie's opinion on this RIGHT NOW!

 

[Bay Bud]

i hope no other posts in this thread are posted while i run off to fix 'tini #2 for the evening.

 

[Badnina]

Just cause he bought it how are the clerk's suppose to know he was also the driver? He could have been a passenger. Maybe being driven by an underaged teen he was buying the beer for.

 

[senco78]

yrs ago a popular nightclub was sued here and eventually shut down cause someone left drunk and killed someone...

IMO, thats different though.


soon you'll have to take a Breathalyzer before buying beer at the local curb store

 

[Bay Bud]

damn, i missed some.

 

[roguejuror]

huge potential thread

 

[senco78]

dont ride me pal

 

[FairWarning]

Just cause he bought it how are the clerk's suppose to know he was also the driver? He could have been a passenger. Maybe being driven by an underaged teen he was buying the beer for.

In Michigan if the person is noticibly drunk (and he was), you are on the hook for selling to them. Who is driving is irrelevant.

 

[Saulty]

They need to make a law then for installing breathalyzers outside the store and force every customer to use it before getting in their cars.

Would you imagine if they have a law like this for bullets? Like guy walks in the gun shop with a gun to buy bullets and then he killed someone later that night and the store owner is charged because the customer noticeably brought a gun at the store when he bought the bullets.

 

[stevek174]

Fucking retarded.

 

[FairWarning]

They need to make a law then for installing breathalyzers outside the store and force every customer to use it before getting in their cars.

Would you imagine if they have a law like this for bullets? Like guy walks in the gun shop with a gun to buy bullets and then he killed someone later that night and the store owner is charged because the customer noticeably brought a gun at the store when he bought the bullets.

The key is noticeably drunk. The state will fine the person who sold it too.

 

[senco78]

grey area for noticeably drunk isn't there?

 

[Saulty]

grey area for noticeably drunk isn't there?

Yeah without a breathalyzer test it's a grey area. That's like calling someone noticeably stupid.

 

[Archie]

I hear we ban people for that offense here Pavement or somthing like it... Raay is always bickering about it

 

[Jello]

If I serve an obviously drunk patron and they leave my restaurant and kill somebody, the restaurant can be held liable. Pretty standard.

I don't see why it should be any different for a convenience store.

 

[FairWarning]

grey area for noticeably drunk isn't there?

the video camera at the register is proof and will be used in court. really simple.

 

[FairWarning]

Actually in Michigan a patron could go bar-hopping all night. The last bar he was at will get the fine if they get served one and he gets in an accident. I have bartended off and on for years. Would I pay $500 to give a obviously drunk person (who I don't know is driving) another? Heck no.