Kryzer v. Champlin American Legion No. 600

COYNE, Justice.

On review of a decision of the court of appeals reversing judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to the Minnesota Civil Damage Act, Minn.Stat. § 340A.801, subd. 1 (1990), we reaffirm the necessity for a direct causal relationship between the intoxication and the injury and reverse the decision of the court of appeals. Kryzer v. Champlin American Legion No. 600, 481 N.W.2d 98 (Minn.App.1992).

Dale Kryzer’s complaint alleges only that Champlin American Legion No. 600 “illegally sold and bartered intoxicating liquor to Linda Kryzer…