Ratigan v. K.D.L., Inc.

Dennis M. Ratigan, Sr. (Dennis Sr.), was shot by a patron of the Sundowner Bar when he intervened in a brawl in the bar’s parking lot. The appellants, Dennis Sr. and his wife, Micheline Ratigan, also known as Michelle Ratigan for these consolidated proceedings, sued the appellee, K.D.L., Inc., the proprietor of the Sundowner Bar, for negligence. The Ratigans claimed that K.D.L. was negligent in failing to take measures to prevent the shooting and to protect Dennis Sr. from harm. A jury found for K.D.L., and the Ratigans appeal. We affirm, because we conclude that there was sufficient…