20801, INC. v. Parker

The Texas Dram Shop Act, which imposes liability on alcoholic beverage providers for damages resulting from the provision of alcohol to obviously drunk persons (“over-service”), also contains a section eliminating this liability under certain circumstances. Tex. Aloo. Bev.Code §§ 2.02(b), 106.14(a); see F.F.P. Operating Partners, L.P. v. Duenez, 237 S.W.3d 680, 683-85 (Tex.2007). Under this “safe harbor” provision, the actions of an employee in over-serving a patron “shall not be attributable to the employer” if the employer requires its employees to attend certain training classes, the…