Legal Opinion
Rong Yao Zhou v. Jennifer Mall Restaurant, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1987No. 86-809PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
In this case of first impression, we are asked to decide whether third parties suffering accidental injuries as the result of the acts of an intoxicated person state a cause of action against a tavern keeper where, as here, they allege (1) that the tavern keeper violated D.C.Code § 25-121(b) (1981) by serving a patron who was, or appeared to be, already intoxicated, and (2) that the statutory violation was a proximate cause of the injuries. We hold, on the basis of those cases in which we have recognized that violation of a statute designed to protect public safety…
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