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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1976
Bar held liable for drunken driver
Associated Press
A Beverly Hills bar poured the
shot that may he heard round the
nation.
Alcohol helped cost Claire Cox
her life, actor James Stacy his left
arm and leg, and motorist Carter
Gordon a term in the state prison for
manslaughter and drunken driving.
And now, the Beverly Hills bar
that served Gordon has been sued
successfully for more than $2 million
under a state law that makes taverns
liable for the actions of their patrons.
Bartenders around the country
contacted by The Associated Press
said such rulings are unfair, and are
easily exploited by the unscrupul
ous. They add they always try to cut
off the patron who has had too much,
although admitting they sometimes
aren’t too successful.
Bartenders prosecuted
“We’ll have to be more careful,”
said bartender Clem Abbott of the
Pasadena, Calif., Elks Club.
“They’ve prosecuted bartenders be
fore for that — fined them for giving
a man too much to drink. But with
that kind of money, houses will
begin cracking down on their poli
cy.”
Drawing attention to so-called
“Dram Shop Laws” was a jury’s ver
dict in the Stacy case. The Los
Angeles court awarded Stacy $1.9
million and Mrs. Cox’s estate
$400,000. Mrs. Cox was a passenger
on Stacy’s motorcycle when it was
rammed by Gordon’s auto in 1973.
Lawyers for the Chopping Block
Bar, where Gordon had been drink
ing, said they will appeal and may
ask a reduction in the award.
Insurance costs triple
Norman Manha, Western director
of the National License Beverage
Association NLBA, says this decision
is the eighth or ninth major damage
award won against a California
tavern in recent years.
As in malpractice insurance, the
result has been a tripling of tavern
insurance costs. The average saloon
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Manha, who owns two taverns in
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liquor store. But the bar takes the
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Illinois is one of the states with a
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many states have such laws. He said
some state courts have interpreted
liquor licensing regulations to hold
taverns liable in these cases.
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