Summerhays v. Clark

NEUMAN, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal tests the liability of a restaurant and its owner for the tragic aftermath of a holiday party given for the establishment’s employees. The district court found as a matter of law that the restaurant did not meet the “sold and served” requirement triggering liability under our dramshop statute, Iowa Code § 123.92 (1991), and that the owner, individually, was immune from liability as a social host under Iowa Code section 123.49(l)(a). We affirm.

Because the case reaches us on appeal from an order granting summary judgment, our task is to determine…