Podbielski v. Argyle Bowl, Inc

These two suits were brought under the dramshop act (MCLA 436.22; MSA 18.993) to recover damages stemming from the death of Mrs. Loretta Podina. Plaintiff Juanita Podbielski is the mother of the decedent and grandmother and guardian of the minor plaintiffs (decedent’s children).

At the trial, Mr. Podina, decedent’s husband, testified that at about 4 p.m. on November 25, 1967, he drank one "Seven and Seven” at defendant’s bar, and that he then went shopping and returned to the defendant’s bowling alley about 7 p.m. During the next two hours Podina said he had several drinks of "Seven and…