Mitchell v. Shoals, Inc.

Chief Judge Fuld.

On February 2, 1960, after having dinner

together, the plaintiff, Yvonne Mitchell, her escort, Robert Taylor, and another couple drove to The Shoals, a restaurant on Staten Island, at about 9:00 p.m. for “ a few drinks ’ ’ and some dancing. Between dances, they had their drinks. Miss Mitchell, after consuming several, passed out and remained asleep for the rest of the evening. Taylor, who was on a diet of “ double ” bourbons “straight”, became drunk and noisy. At one point, after he had fallen to the floor, the bartender was *340told not to let him have anything more to drink.…