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Dram Shop Liability

Michael Agruss

Written and Reviewed by Michael Agruss

  • Managing Partner and Personal Injury Lawyer at Mike Agruss Law.
  • Over 20 years of experience in Personal Injury.
  • Over 8000+ consumer rights cases settled.
  • Graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law: Juris Doctor, 2004.

Being out at a bar or anywhere around intoxicated people can put you in an unpredictable situation. Intoxicated people can behave in reckless ways at times and possibly assault a person or damage their property. Or, perhaps you are driving home from work one day, not intending to be around any intoxicated people, and a drunk driver strikes your car from behind. No matter what, if an intoxicated person causes injury to you, the liquor vendor that sold to them can be held liable.

The Illinois Dram Shop Act says that a person injured by someone who is intoxicated, anything from a bar fight to a drunk driving accident, has the right to take legal action against the seller of alcoholic liquor to the person. The logic here is that they caused the intoxicated person to be in the unpredictable state that they were in, thus making them partially liable for their actions.

The losses that can result cover a wide range of injuries, property damage, and more. This state statute allows you to recover those losses by suing the seller of alcoholic liquor since they contributed to the offender’s state of being. The seller has a duty to consumers to do everything that they can to ensure that they are safe and being safe. However, when the outcome is the opposite, they are considered “at-fault”.

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