Who May Be Liable Under the Dram Shop Act? | Marshall Dennehey
Key Points: Pennsylvania’s Dram Shop Act does not merely apply to “any person” but, rather, imposes an obligation on particular persons and entities. To establish a basis for Dram...
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Key Points: Pennsylvania’s Dram Shop Act does not merely apply to “any person” but, rather, imposes an obligation on particular persons and entities. To establish a basis for Dram...
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has upheld long-standing precedent that an organization which hosted an event at which alcohol was provided, but who was not a liquor licensee, could not be assigned liability for injuries caused by a guest who became intoxicated at the event.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to extend the state's liquor liability law to social hosts. The high court cited a half-century of precedent