Brune v. Brown Forman Corp.

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

Joyce Bruñe, individually and on behalf of the estate of Marie Brinkmeyer, brought this action against the Brown Forman Corporation, Block Distributing Company, and University Liquor Store seeking damages for the death of her daughter caused by acute alcohol poisoning. All parties have been dismissed from the cause except Bruñe and Brown Forman. Bruñe appeals from an order of the trial court granting summary judgment for Brown Forman. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand the cause to the trial court.

On November 14, 1983, Marie Brinkmeyer went to the…