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Aug. 14, 2013

Employer liability expands into the wee small hours

If an employee drinks before a holiday party, sneaks alcohol into the party to bypass the 2-drink limit, and then goes home only to leave again, who is liable for the fatal car accident later that night? By Craig A. Roeb and Ashley H. Verdon

Craig A. Roeb

Partner
Chapman, Glucksman, Dean, Roeb & Barger APC

11900 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles , CA 90064

Email: croeb@cgdrblaw.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA


By Craig A. Roeb and Ashley H. Verdon


One of Frank Sinatra's favorite songs was not the iconic classics "My Way" or "New York New York." Rather, it was "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," which he recorded in 1955 on his comeback to fame and infamy. Query how the venerable Chairman of the Board, an admitted bon vivant and drinker non plus ultra, would feel about a recent California appellate decision that critically...

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