LaGuire v. Kain

This consolidated appeal, which involves separate and unrelated causes of action, though presented to the same trial court, concerns the proper interpretation of the dramshop act. MCL 436.22; MSA 18.993. In both cases, the trial court granted summary disposition in favor of the dramshop defendants, concluding that the provisions of MCL 436.22(10); MSA 18.993(10) precluded the plaintiffs from maintaining their actions. Plaintiffs’ appeals were consolidated by order of this Court in light of the common issue presented. We reverse.

In LaGuire, plaintiffs’ decedent, then age seven teen, purchased…