MN LAWYERS – FAMILY OF CUSTOMER OVER SERVED CAN SUE BAR
With New Year’s Eve approaching, many of us turn our thoughts to celebrating – partying and drinking. At the Rochlin Law Firm, our personal injury lawyers represent people and their families injured by a drunk driver. We also sometimes sue the bar that over-served the drunk driver.
What about when the drunk person is injured? When a person drinks too much at a bar and then injures himself because of the intoxication, he generally cannot successfully sue the bar for his own injuries. However, we can represent the family of the person who was drinking at the bar or nightclub. Although the drinker may not have a case against the bar for himself, his or her family may have a claim.
It is absolutely illegal in Minnesota for a bar to serve a customer who is already obviously intoxicated. The law allows anyone (other than the intoxicated person) who suffers a loss as a result of the bar’s illegal sale of alcohol to sue the bar for their losses. The family of the intoxicated drinker may have to pay medical bills. In some cases, they have to provide care for the drinker after he is injured. Family members may have to miss time from work to car for the injured person. They also may provide financial support because the injured drinker can no longer work. These are injury losses for which the family can sue the bar and get reimbursement.
PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS
If your husband, wife, son or daughter suffers a serious injury because they were a customer over-served by a bar in MN, please call us. You can speak with a lawyer for a free consultation. We will explain your rights and whether you may have a case against the bar for overserving their customer. These are not easy cases. But where the bar’s conduct is egregious, it is worth pursuing.