[Allosaurs_r_us]

He was too drunk to be sold beer, yet they helped him put gas in his car? Sounds like a reasonable decision to me.

 

Easy big fella. It states two OFF DUTY employees helped the man turn on the pump. Are the owners of this station now liable for what their employees do after hours? What if it had just been a private citizen, which in realty is what these two were, as they were not working at the time. This should have been thrown out on those grounds alone.

[Michael.SF.]

The state Supreme Court ruling only allows the case to proceed. The justices did not rule on whether Pioneer was negligent."We're pleased," Coleman said. "Now we can go forward with the trial itself."

Easy yourself, big guy. You should read the entire article.

The courts have simply allowed the trial to continue, so they will let the attorney make his case and the defense make theirs.

My take is this:

The cashier should not have turned on the pump, if he was that obviously drunk. So yes, the station may have some liability.

The two guys who helped him are complete idiots, but probably not either legally guilty or legally responsible.

Consider this: If the cashier had sold him alcohol, in his condition, could she be held responsible for that?