Legal Opinion
Soerries v. Dancause
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 2, 2001No. A00A1882PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
In this dram shop liability case, William A. Soerries appeals from a jury verdict that pierced the corporate veil and held him personally liable for damages. Because we find that the evidence presented supported the jury’s verdict, we affirm.
The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 1 show that Soerries was the sole shareholder of Chickasaw Club, Inc., which operated a popular nightclub in Columbus for 23 years until it closed in 1999. At approximately 11:45 p.m. on July 31, 1996, 18-year-old Aubrey Lynn Pursley was intoxicated when she entered the…
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