Sugarloaf Cafe, Inc. v. Willbanks

Thompson, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Willbanks v. Sugarloaf Café, 266 Ga. App. 426 (597 SE2d 410) (2004), and posed this question: Did the Court of Appeals err in determining that the evidence supported the reasonable inference that the server knew that Phillips would be driving shortly after being served alcohol? The answer is “yes.” Therefore, we reverse.

This case arose out of an automobile collision between a vehicle driven by Jennifer Phillips and another vehicle occupied by Rebecca Willbanks and Amanda Lawrence. Willbanks and Lawrence suffered serious…