Walton v. Stokes

HARRIS, Justice.

Must a plaintiff, seeking recovery under the dram shop act, show a causal relationship between the intoxication and the injuries? The trial court held there is no such burden and we agree.

Plaintiff seeks recovery under our dram shop act, § 123.92, The Code, for injuries sustained in an altercation at defendant’s lounge in Waterloo. He alleges defendant or her employees sold or gave intoxicating liquor to another patron, Charles Mhoon, until Mhoon became intoxicated, or sold or gave the liquor while Mhoon was intoxicated. Plaintiff then alleges he was injured when Mhoon, while…