Saavedra v. Ghannan

Plaintiff, Gerald Saavedra, appeals as of right an order granting summary disposition to defendant Robert Ghannan, doing business as the Corkscrew Party Shop. MCR 2.116(0(10). We affirm.

Plaintiffs claims against Ghannan were based on the Michigan dramshop act. MCL 436.22; MSA 18.993. Gerald Saavedra had two minor sons, Troy, age seventeen, and Scott, age fourteen. The boys and their eighteen-year-old friend, Troy Reinmann, went to Ghannan’s store to purchase liquor. The Saavedra boys gave Reinmann money and he bought a fifth of whiskey and a smaller bottle of amaretto. The Saavedras remained…