Craig v. Larson

432 Mich. 346 (1989)

439 N.W.2d 899

CRAIG

v.

LARSON

Docket No. 81609, (Calendar No. 1).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued October 4, 1988.

Decided May 9, 1989.

Barnett, Knight, Preston, Falvay, Drolet & Freeman (by Kirk D. Falvay) for the plaintiff.

Kaufman & Payton (by Jo Robin Davis) for the defendant.

CAVANAGH, J.

I

Late in the evening of April 2, 1983, plaintiff-appellant Harry Craig, then aged twenty, joined defendant Kirk Larson, aged nineteen, in Larson's car. Appellant brought several cans of beer with him. With Larson driving, the two went to JB's Firebird Lounge, consuming some of the beer en…