Williams v. Saga Enterprises, Inc.

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Plaintiff Scott Williams (plaintiff), appeals from a summary judgment granted in a personal injury action against respondent, a restaurant serving alcohol. We determine here that a triable issue of material fact exists as to whether the restaurant owed a duty to plaintiff based on a claimed undertaking by one of its employees to withhold a patron’s car keys if the patron was not fit to drive his vehicle after he left the restaurant. Plaintiff alleged that he suffered injuries in an automobile accident with the patron shortly after the patron obtained his car keys and drove…