Malek v. Miller Brewing Co.

COHEN, Justice.

This summary judgment appeal requires us to decide whether a brewer may be held liable for injuries caused by a drunk driver, because its beer cans bore no warning about the danger of intoxication and gave no instructions on the safe use of its product. We hold that the brewer had no duty to warn, and therefore is not liable.

Appellant, Ray Malek, was injured in an automobile accident with Lee Kathryn *522Payne, who was intoxicated from drinking Miller Lite Beer. Payne was 17 years old and driving her father’s car when the accident occurred. Appellants sued Payne, her father, the…