Thompson v. Bryson

STEVENS, Judge.

On 19 August 1970, one Whitmore shot and killed Robert E. Thompson in a tavern owned and operated by the appellees, the Kanelopouloses, at which time the appellee Bryson was tending bar in the tavern. The appellants are the widow and the surviving children of Thompson and as plaintiffs they sue Whitmore, Bryson and the Kanelopouloses. For convenience the latter will be hereinafter referred as the owner. The owner held the liquor license. Bryson and the owner prevailed in the trial court on their motion for summary judgment and this appeal followed. In this opinion we recite the…