Ashbaugh v. Williams

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is granted. The Opinion filed December 18, 1986, is withdrawn and the following Opinion is substituted in its place:

OPINION

RANSQM, Justice.

This case is before the Court on writ of certiorari to the court of appeals to review the correctness of that court’s imposition of vicarious tort liability upon an absent owner-lessor of a liquor license. Liability arose out of lessee’s service of alcohol to an intoxicated patron who injured third parties. Lessor Ashbaugh was granted an interlocutory appeal when, based on the Liquor Control Act,…