Oakes v. Megaw

HOLLAND, Justice:

Rose Oakes and Calvin J. Oakes, the plaintiffs-appellants (the “Oakes”), filed an amended complaint in the Superior Court on August 31, 1988. The amended complaint named, as a defendant, the appellee Jet Group, Inc. (“Jet Group”), which operates the Royal Exchange Restaurant-Bran-mar (“Royal Exchange”). The Oakes alleged that the Jet Group served alcoholic beverages to Steven M. Megaw (“Megaw”) at the Royal Exchange, although Megaw was under the age of twenty-one. The Oakes alleged that Megaw became intoxicated while he was at the Royal Exchange and that Megaw’s intoxication…