Sanders v. Officers' Club of Connecticut, Inc.

Glenda Sanders, the plaintiff administratrix of the decedent’s estate, brings this action under the Connecticut dram shop statute. General Statutes § 30-102. The plaintiff contends that the defendant sold alcoholic liquor to Louis Doerschuck, an intoxicated person, and that as a result of such intoxication he fatally injured William Sanders.

On February 19, 1976, William Sanders, while preparing to tow a disabled vehicle on an interstate highway, was struck and fatally injured by a vehicle operated by Doerschuck. Just prior to the collision Doerschuck had occasion to visit the Officers’ Club…