Legal Opinion
Gionfriddo v. Gartenhaus Cafe
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 9, 1988No. 5477PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.
This is an action against the defendant, a purveyor of alcoholic beverages, for damages claimed by the administrator of the estate of the decedent, a woman who was killed when her car was struck by a vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver. The driver had been served alcoholic beverages by the defendant.
The decedent was killed when a vehicle driven by Michael Gilliam traversed into the wrong lane of traffic on a highway and collided with the vehicle driven by her. Gilliam admitted that he had been intoxicated at the time of the accident and pleaded guilty to misconduct with a motor vehicle in…
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