Schutz v. Murphy

Plaintiffs filed suit for damages arising out of defendants’ alleged violation of the dramshop act and of their common law duty to maintain safe business premises. Defendant Murphy was dismissed as a defendant. Thereafter, the trial court granted defendants Schieber’s motion for summary judgment as to count I. It was alleged in count I that plaintiff George Schütz was served alcoholic beverages by the defendants in violation of the dramshop act, MCL 436.22; MSA 18.993, and that said violation was a proximate cause of injuries suffered by George Schütz when he was pushed by another bar patron…