Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 3, 1987No. 84-402-AppealPublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FAY, Chief Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal from a grant of partial summary judgment to one of the defendants and full summary judgment to the other two in a wrongful-death action brought in Superior Court under G.L.1956 (1976 Reenactment) § 3-11-1 (the Dram Shop Act). The plaintiffs are Antone Lawrence, Jr., and Mary N. Lawrence, the parents of the decedent and the coadministrators of his estate. The defendants are Fo’c’sle, Inc., a tavern; Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the brewer of Budweiser beer; and McLaughlin and Moran, Inc., the exclusive distributor in Rhode Island of the…
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