Brannstrom v. Tippman

On August 7, 1981, Delbert J. Brannstrom was fatally injured when the motorcycle he was driving collided with an automobile operated by defendant Edward E. Tippman. These appeals involve separate dramshop actions brought by the decedent’s ex-wife, Nanci Brannstrom (No. 75560), and by the decedent’s parents, James and Edith Brannstrom (No. 76825). Both complaints allege that shortly before the accident occurred the dramshop defendants illegally furnished intoxicating liquor to defendant Tippman at a time when Tippman was under the age of 21 years and was visibly intoxicated. In both cases the…