Latest Liquor Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
One-Fifth of Drinkers Admit Driving When Near or Over Alcohol Limit
Dec 18 2013 // A fifth of U.S. motorists who drink say they’ve driven at least once in the past year when they thought their alcohol level might’ve been close to the legal limit or above it, a safety group said. About 19.5...
Court Says Oklahoma Tribe Immune from Dramshop Liability Lawsuit
Oct 29 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking. The...
10 Things to Know About Liquor Liability
Oct 7 2013 // Liquor liability insurance is defined as coverage for bodily injury or property damage caused by an intoxicated person who was served liquor by the policyholder, according to the Insurance Information Institute...
N.J. High Court to Weigh Alcohol Test Reliability in Drunken Driving Cases
Sep 12 2013 // Critics of the breath test used in New Jersey drunken driving cases took aim Tuesday in front of the state’s Supreme Court, arguing that modifications mandated by the court five years ago haven’t been...
Kentucky Tailgaters Being Watched by Alcohol Enforcers
Aug 30 2013 // Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they aren’t going for fun. Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division...
Indiana Motorcycle, Alcohol-Related Deaths Up
Aug 16 2013 // Researchers say Indiana roads were more deadly last year for motorcyclists and for people driving after drinking. The report by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute’s Center for Criminal Justice Research...
Cincinnati, Ohio Looks to Capitalize on Alcohol Tourism
Jun 26 2013 // Kentucky has its bourbon distilleries, St. Louis its Budweiser factory, Napa and Sonoma their wineries, and cities from San Diego to Philadelphia have turned into meccas for beer lovers looking for local craft brews. Now...
Alabama Drivers Part of National Alcohol, Drug Test
Jun 12 2013 // Drivers in St. Clair and Bibb counties who were stopped at roadblocks in the area over last weekend were asked to give anonymous breath, saliva and blood samples as part of a national study, authorities said Monday. Giving...
Wisconsin 3rd in U.S. in Alcohol-Related Boating Deaths
May 28 2013 // Wisconsin had the nation’s third-highest number of alcohol-related boating deaths last year, the same year a legislative bill to stiffen penalties on drunken boaters went nowhere. Intoxicated boating killed eight...
Wyoming Lawmakers Weigh Alcohol Testing For Drunk Drivers
May 16 2013 // Wyoming lawmakers are looking into legislation that would keep repeat offenders of alcohol-related crimes out of jail and subject them instead to stringent testing. The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee heard details about...
The Goal: Zero Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths
May 15 2013 // Transportation safety officials are exploring ways to eliminate drunken driving deaths, which account for about a third of the nation’s more than 30,000 annual traffic fatalities— a share that has remained...
Fired Oregon Officer Sues: Alcoholism Was A Disability
Apr 29 2013 // A police officer fired for driving drunk in an unmarked police car while off-duty has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the city of Gresham, Ore. the police chief and others, alleging his rights were violated under the...
Bars Often Roll Dice on Liquor Liability Coverage
Apr 1 2013 // Louisiana beer tavern owners Chuck Brechtel and Eddie Dyer are the first to admit that plenty can go wrong when your main line of work is serving alcohol to thirsty crowds all night. For that reason, they say they err...
Alcohol Discrimination Ruling Upheld In Montana Inmate’s Death
Mar 22 2013 // A state hearings officer has upheld a ruling that Blaine and Hill counties showed discriminatory indifference toward an 18-year-old inmate in the Hill County Detention Center who died in 2009 of acute alcohol...
California Senator Proposes 4 a.m Last Call for Alcohol
Mar 15 2013 // Last call at California restaurants, bars and nightclubs could come later under legislation proposed by a state senator from San Francisco. Sen. Mark Leno’s bill would allow cities and counties to petition state...
ISO Revises ‘Bring Your Own Alcohol’ Establishment Exclusion
Feb 27 2013 // ISO has enhanced its commercial general liability (CGL) insurance program to address exposures for establishments that allow their patrons to bring and consume alcoholic beverages on their premises (commonly referred to as...
Top 10 Alcohol Brands of Underage Drinkers
Feb 12 2013 // A relatively small number of alcohol brands dominate underage youth alcohol consumption, according to a new report from researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and...
Washington Liquor Sales Still Up After Privatization
Dec 6 2012 // Sales of hard liquor increased in the four months after the state privatized liquor sales on June 1, compared with sales during the same four-month period a year ago, the Washington state Department of Revenue said...
Olympic BMX Cyclist Alcohol Level High at Death
Nov 21 2012 // Olympic BMX cyclist Kyle Bennett’s blood had an alcohol level twice the legal level for drunken driving when he died in a car crash in Southeast Texas. Bennett was 33 when he died in a single-vehicle crash happened...
Alcohol Raises Injury Risk, But Also Survival Rate
Nov 21 2012 // Lee Friedman, Assistant Research Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from...
