This sound righteous in principle, but would be terrible in practice. Can you imagine the tort law suit bonanza from this? Suddenly every sharing of a drink - even in your own home - become a threat. Someone drinks a beer at your house and has a wreck on the way home. You prepared to be sued out the wazoo...? because you can bet your life every ambulance chasing lawyer will be on this as a cash cow especially if you have deep pockets of a homeowners policy or life savings for retirement. Add to this every establishment serving alcohol become a prime target. It’s a never ending nightmare.
Next on the agenda? Suits against gun manufacturers for producing a gun used in a crime. This is all a terrible idea.
Up to a point yes
You make some good points. But there is negligence, and then there is gross negligence. Continuing to serve someone who is falling down drunk is so grossly negligent that it becomes criminal behavior.
Would such a law be misused? Sure. That’s true with any law. Here you’d just have to trust juries, as imperfect as they are.
As to guns, suppose I lend you my deer rifle, and you accidentally shoot someone later. I can’t image a jury holding me responsible. But if I lend you my rifle while you are falling down drunk, that’s a different story.
“This sound righteous in principle, but would be terrible in practice.”
Agree completely. One huge gray area. One extreme is a hectic bar scene with multiple servers and crowds of customers, how can any server be expected to monitor the intoxication level of any individual customer. In the other extreme would be the hypothetical single drinker and single server who continues serving until the barely conscious customer staggers out of the bar with the car keys in his hand. Life is like that...a continuum of gray, not black and white. And then there’s that ancient concept of PERSONAL responsibility..a world where people are responsible for their OWN actions without the endless options for blaming others.
They’re call Dram Laws and all 50 states have them.
Look it up.
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See Post #21.
And as for your comment about gun manufacturers it don't take a rocket scientist to know that serving booze to someone who's visibly drunk is a thousand light years different than making a gun that winds up being used in a crime.OTOH,there are situations in which one could reasonably charged with proving a firearm to a particular person...and situations where one could be sued civilly for doing so.
But not the manufacturer itself.
But I admit that it must be acknowledged that there are more than a few people in DC...and state capitals...that wouldn't be mistaken for rocket scientists (or decent,logical,respectable individuals).
“Imagine the lawsuits...”
Virtually every liability policy in the US (commercial and personal) covers Host Liquor Liability, so it’s nothing to worry about (unless you are selling liquor). For bars, it’s Liquor Liability__ain’t cheap.