Kalenka v. Jadon, Inc.

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Jack Elias Morrell spent several hours in Chilkoot Charlie's bar and was served alcoholic beverages. After Morrell left the bar, he and Eric Kalenka had a confrontation; Morrell produced a knife and fatally stabbed Kalenka. The personal representative of Ka-lenka's estate brought a wrongful death claim against Chilkoot Charlie's, alleging the bar had served alcohol to Morrell when he was a statutorily defined "drunken person" and therefore the bar was liable for Kalen-ka's death.

The issue before us is whether the Kalenka Estate raised a genuine issue of…