Kolkman v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.

CONOVER, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lonnie Kolkman (Lonnie) and Kim Kolkman (Kim, collectively the Kolkmans) appeal a summary judgment in favor of Falstaff Brewing Corporation (Falstaff).

We affirm.

ISSUES

The Kolkmans present three issues for our review. We restate them as two:

1. whether driving while intoxicated constitutes wilful and wanton misconduct barring the intoxicated driver’s action to recover damages from the social host who furnished the alcohol to him; and

2. whether Kim’s claim for loss of consortium is derivative of Lonnie’s action and barred because of Lonnie’s wilful and wanton…