Green v. Wilson

This is a negligence and dramshop action. Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court’s dismissal of their action on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction over the allegedly intoxicated person, defendant Fraser Wilson. The remaining defendants were reluctantly dismissed by the trial court, over plaintiffs’ objections, on the basis of the name and retain provision of the dramshop act, MCL 436.22(6); MSA 18.993(6). We reverse.

Plaintiffs, both Michigan residents, allege that the dramshop defendants (Vivio’s, Inc., and Jason Enterprises, Inc.) served alcohol to defendant Wilson in…