Rong Yao Zhou v. Jennifer Mall Restaurant, Inc.

RUIZ, Associate Judge.

This is the second time that appellants, husband and wife Rong Yao Zhou and Xiu Jan Wu (“Zhous”), come before this court in connection with a 1982 car accident involving a drunk driver who had been served alcohol by Jennifer Mall Restaurant Inc. (“JMR”). On the first appeal, we remanded the case for trial after holding that it is negligence per se for a vendor to sell alcoholic beverages to an already intoxicated person, in violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, D.C.Code § 25-121(b) (1996), and that such a negligent vendor is hable for injuries to third…