Possible New Liquor Law

[Argie's Wife]

When I lived in Maine I was bar-tending at a local seafood restaurant and Maine does have a similar law on their books. It's a bartender's nightmare.

Picture this: A group of 4 to 6 people walk in, grab a table, and just a couple of people from that group come up to the bar for drinks and carry them back to the table.

How are you supposed to judge who's already 3-sheets to the wind when you're 40 feet from them?

Sure, it's easy if they're staggering or getting ugly (sloppy drunk)... but what if you just can't tell. Sometimes it's hard enough to tell whether or not the people over 21 at a table (such as in a restaurant with a bar) are the ones drinking the beverages; never mind how many drinks folks may have had already before they even walked in! You can only hope that the waitstaff is also sharp and will alert you. Like I said... it's a nightmare!

[EllyPoinster]

Here's one from just a few days ago. The comments below the article definitely lean toward putting the blame on the drunk driver. Still - even the bar staff apparently did not back up the bartender on this one.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.a...a-f5813ccd4da2

[Winnipesaukee]

Why can't people be responsible for themselves and their own stupidity?

Maybe we should also hold auto companies responsible for car accidents, or hold The North Face responsible when someone freezes to death in their apparel?

Oh! I got it! Sue the microwave manufacturer after you nuke your poodle trying to dry it!

[Nadia]

Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee

Why can't people be responsible for themselves and their own stupidity?

The age old question, when do people stop pointing the finger at everyone else, and take responsibility for their own behavior? My take on the matter is, we can wish in one hand and "you know what" in the other. Don't mean to hi-jack the thread or get off-topic, but I have to share just a few of these outrageous moments I've experienced related to people refusing to take the rap.

I was returning home from a shopping trip in North Conway when I came to a normally timed stop at a red light. I heard the loud squeal of tires and barely had enough time to look in my rear view mirror before the man behind me slammed into the back of my car. Luckily no one was in the back seat, and no one was seriously injured. When Police responded to take a report of the accident, this man had the audacity to try and tell Ossipee Police Department that I had backed into him!!! The Police Officer looked at him with a half crooked smile. "You mean to tell me she backed into you and caused that much damage? She would have had to be going at the very least, 40 MPH in reverse". Turns out he was speeding wildly while yacking on his cellphone, and trying to turn the volume down on his navigation system...

We had a tenant at one of our rental properties call us one day, irate that she had just slipped in the drive way. I arrived and immediately saw that the driveway had been properly shoveled and sanded. The girl came out of the store located in the building where she had been waiting for me to arrive. She was wearing platform wooden flip flop sandals that were at least 5 inches high, a skirt, and now torn and stained nylons. She again told me she had slipped in the driveway and pointed out the spot. I looked at her, looked down at her shoes, and then looked back up at her and said "I can imagine you fell in shoes like that!". This was totally irrelevant according to her and she knew more about the law then the typical tenant did (which they all claim). I took pictures and gave her our Attorney's information. We offered to pay for her outfit but she was going for the throat. We never heard anymore about it needless to say

[SAMIAM]

After that tragic night club fire in Rhode Island,the lawyers went wild.....even sued purveyors such as Coke, Pepsi,Budweiser and anyone who sponsored or supplied the place.Even newspapers that ran their ads were named.I'm surprised the cleaning lady didn't get sued.
Anyway,that's the way things are....they always go for the deep pockets.

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

After that tragic night club fire in Rhode Island,the lawyers went wild.....even sued purveyors such as Coke, Pepsi,Budweiser and anyone who sponsored or supplied the place.Even newspapers that ran their ads were named.I'm surprised the cleaning lady didn't get sued.
Anyway,that's the way things are....they always go for the deep pockets.

I followed that story closely and was shocked at who paid up and how much- it really was obscene (the fire was much more so), but most of the people that paid real money had zero culpability. It is sad when large corporations prefer to settle a case not because they were wrong but because it would be less expensive to settle than litigate it.

[RI Swamp Yankee]

Yes, it was a tragic event. This one against Home Depot really seemed "off the wall":

and even Home Depot, for not “warning of the potential hazards” of the insulation they sold the club, despite the fact that the insulation Home Depot sold “is different from the foam ignited by the pyrotechnics”

http://overlawyered.com/2006/02/doze...lub-fire-suit/

The fire inspector that failed to enforce the existing fire laws and was, in my opinion, the most negligent got off with nothing. The town of West Warwick got off with $10 million. The lawyers had a real field day and got rich on everyone's suffering.

Sorry, this was

[ApS]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

After that tragic night club fire in Rhode Island,the lawyers went wild.....even sued purveyors such as Coke, Pepsi,Budweiser and anyone who sponsored or supplied the place.Even newspapers that ran their ads were named.I'm surprised the cleaning lady didn't get sued.
Anyway,that's the way things are....they always go for the deep pockets.

The term is "jointly and severally" [liable]. It varies among the states.