Legal Opinion
Spitzack v. Schumacher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 9, 1976No. 45480PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacLaughlin, Justice.
Plaintiffs, wife and daughter of decedent, brought this suit against appellant under the Civil Damage Act, Minn. St. 340.95, alleging that appellant’s illegal sale of liquor to decedent proximately caused decedent to be struck and killed by respondents’ vehicle. Appellant’s attempt to implead respondents for contribution was dismissed by the trial court on the ground that there was no common liability because in a previous action for wrongful death respondents had been found not liable to plaintiffs. This appeal followed, and we affirm.
On October 9, 1971, the decedent,…
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