Dram Shop Liability: Bar, Restaurant and Individual Exposure for Over-Serving Customers and Guests
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will familiarize counsel with the panoply of dram shop liability issues. These issues include the substantive bases of liability under dram shop acts, the procedural steps required under those statutes, statutory interpretation issues, and insurance coverage factors.
Outline
- Background and content of dram shop statutes
- Statutory analysis and construction
- Standard of care
- Underage drinkers
- Private hosts
- Role of common law defenses
- Insurance coverage issues
Benefits
The panel will review and other critical matters:
- Theories and bases of liability under dram shop statutes
- Procedures to comply with dram shop statutes
- Defenses to liability
- Recovery and insurance issues
Faculty

Drew Hamilton Butler
Shareholder
Richardson Plowden
Mr. Butler focuses his practice on general litigation, including but not limited to construction litigation, products... | Read More
Mr. Butler focuses his practice on general litigation, including but not limited to construction litigation, products liability defense, government defense, and personal injury litigation.
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David Lail
Atty
Yarborough Applegate Law Firm
Mr. Lail has recovered significant compensation for clients in a variety of cases, including bad faith insurance... | Read More
Mr. Lail has recovered significant compensation for clients in a variety of cases, including bad faith insurance practices, product defects, motor vehicle collisions caused by drunk drivers, nursing home negligence, dog bites, and negligence by retail stores, homeowners and school districts for premises injuries, among others. As a plaintiffs’ lawyer, he as litigated against companies and interests such as Wal-Mart, Bankers Lie, US Airways, CVS, and various other manufacturers, insurance companies and governmental entities.
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