Villa v. Golich

This is an action against a bar owner for damages resulting from a death allegedly caused by a violation of the dramshop act, MCLA 436.22; MSA 18.993. At the completion of plaintiff’s proofs, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals, claiming that this decision constituted reversible error in view of the facts adduced at trial.

On August 7, 1966, Roberto Ambriz (plaintiff’s decedent) and Julia Kuz went to a picnic together. They both drank an unknown amount of beer. Sometime before midnight they went to defendant’s bar and Mrs. Kuz drank some beer. Mrs. Kuz…