Ward v. Rhodes, Hammonds, and Beck, Inc.

511 So.2d 159 (1987)

Anthony W. WARD

v.

RHODES, HAMMONDS, AND BECK, INC., d/b/a The Brass Monkey.

85-930.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 10, 1987.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1987.

Gary L. Blume, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Christopher Lyle McIlwain of Hubbard, Waldrop, Reynolds, Davis & McIlwain, Tuscaloosa, for appellee.

BEATTY, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a person injured by an intoxicated person, to whom alcoholic beverages have been sold contrary to the provisions of law, has a claim either under Alabama's Dram Shop Act (Code of 1975, § 6-5-71), or for common law…