Mason v. BCK Corp.

*581Plaintiff appeals from a limited judgment that, on a motion for summary judgment, dismissed his liquor liability claim against defendant BCK Corporation, the operator of Duffy's Irish Pub. Plaintiff had alleged that defendant had overserved Mullenix while she was visibly intoxicated and that he was later injured while a passenger in a car that Mullenix drove. Defendant sought summary judgment, asserting that plaintiff had "substantially contributed" to the intoxication of Mullenix, within the meaning of ORS 471.565(2). That statute, which we quote and explore later, imposes a burden on…