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Criminal

Oct. 3, 2006

Supreme Court Should Define Drunken-Driving Liabilities

FORUM COLUMN - By Andrew R. Wiener By enacting Civil Code Section 1714, the Legislature intended that any person giving alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person could not be held liable for the damages caused by that intoxication - which most often occurs in drunk driving accidents.


Forum Column

By Andrew R. Wiener

     
      By enacting Civil Code Section 1714, the Legislature intended that any person giving alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person could not be held liable for the damages caused by that intoxication - which most often occurs in drunk driving accidents.
      Regardless of whether this statutory immunity is good poli...

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