Rambaum v. Swisher

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Anthony Rambaum was seriously injured when he was struck by a car driven by Susan Swisher, who was intoxicated at the time. He sued Swisher on a theory of negligence; O’Neill’s Bar on the grounds that its sale of alcohol to Swisher was to an obviously intoxicated person and thus in violation of the Dramshop Act; and Hrvat-ski Dom on the theory that its sale of alcohol to Swisher, a non-club member or non-guest, violated its club liquor license and was thus an “illegal sale” within the meaning of the Dramshop Act. Hrvatski Dom appeals, challenging the jury’s implicit…