- Articles (11)
- Aviation Accident (2)
- Birth injury (8)
- Bus Accidents (8)
- Car Accidents (212)
- Drunk Driving Accidents (4)
- Firm News (56)
- Medical Malpractice (109)
- Medication Errors (2)
- Personal Injury (109)
- Premises Liability (3)
- Product Liability (24)
- Railroad Accidents (1)
- Tort Reform (5)
- Truck Accidents (60)
- Workplace Accidents (12)
- Wrongful Death (51)
-
Zachary L. Gureasko Joins the Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Team
We are very pleased to announce the newest member of our team: Attorney Zachary L. Gureasko. A self-proclaimed ... -
Randall Kinnard Voted to Nashville Business Journal's Best of The Bar
Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge is pleased to announce that Senior Partner Randall L. Kinnard has been voted among the 2019 ... -
The winners of this year's RESPECT Contest are...
Our firm is excited to announce the three winners of our annual RESPECT Contest for 5 th graders in Davidson County. The ... -
Three Attorneys of Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Named to 2019 Super Lawyers®
Attorneys Randall L. Kinnard , Daniel L. Clayton , and Mark S. Beveridge all help lead the personal injury law firm of ...
-
Why is Jury Duty So Important?
-
Attorney Jennifer Eberle Selected as Fellow of the Nashville Bar Association
-
Attorney Randall Kinnard Featured on The Great Trials Podcast
-
Zachary L. Gureasko Joins the Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Team
-
Three Attorneys of Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Named to 2019 Super Lawyers®
-
Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" in 2020
-
Four Things You Should Know About Infant Spinal Cord Injuries
-
KCB Attorneys Make The Best Lawyers in America 2020, Two Named "Lawyer of the Year"
Dram shop liability plays role to decrease drunk driving crashes
Posted By Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge Aug 24, 2013
In Tennessee, there are dram shop liability laws. These laws allow for those injured in accidents caused by drunk drivers to seek additional compensation through a dram shop liability lawsuit. Essentially, this allows those injured to hold bars and other establishments accountable for over-serving alcohol to someone who ended up getting behind the wheel of a car.
Commercial host liability, which is often referred to as dram shop liability, was recently studied by researchers at Alcohol Policy Consultations and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth. These researchers found many states have started to put laws in place to better protect retailers against these liability laws.
James F. Mosher, with Alcohol Policy Consultations, calls better protecting retailers who over-serve and serve minors a "public health failure" and points to the fact that this type of legislation can end up leading to more people who are injured being denied their day in court.
In learning about this trend in decreasing liability, this is also particularly troubling once it is realized just how many accidents these types of laws may be preventing.
For example, in 2010 the Community Preventive Services Task Force found that in those states with commercial host liability there was a 6.4 percent decrease in the number of alcohol-related fatal car crashes. One could imagine this would be due to restaurants and bars being more cautious as to how much alcoholic drinks are being served to patrons.
For right now though, even though the study found a trend in there being more legislation to protect retailers, those in Tennessee should know there are still dram shop liability laws and those injured in car accidents with drunk drivers still have options.