Ex Parte MacOn County Greyhound Park

Patsy Coker Nickerson, as the widow of Rex Douglas Nickerson, and their three minor children sued Macon County Greyhound Park, Inc., and Victory Lounge, an unincorporated business owned by John T. Sistrunk; the action was filed pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-71, the Dram Shop Act. The Nickersons alleged that the defendants unlawfully sold alcoholic beverages to Rex Douglas Nickerson and that the sale proximately caused an automobile accident that resulted in his death. The sale of alcoholic beverages occurred in Macon County and the accident occurred in Montgomery County. The Nickersons…