Mason v. Roberts

The Court of Common Pleas, in sustaining defendant’s motion for summary judgment, viewed this cause as singularly involving R. C. 4399.01 (the Dram Shop Act), and concluded that this statute constituted the exclusive remedy for the recovery of damages in a wrong*32ful death action brought against a liquor permit holder who sold intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises to another allegedly intoxicated patron who committed the violent act. It having been shown by affidavits that the name of the patron who committed the act did not appear on any “blacklist,” as required by R. C.…