Dahn v. Sheets

Plaintiff Eleanor Dahn, guardian of Daniel Allen Nerio, instituted suit against defendants in her own right and on behalf of her ward in the Saginaw County Circuit Court pursuant to the dramshop act.* 1 MCL 436.22; MSA 18.993. The action was commenced as a result of a February 7, 1975, automobile accident. Defendant Robert Sheets was the driver of the automobile. The mishap occurred near the Bintz Apple Mountain Bar where Sheets and Daniel Nerio, aged 18 and 17 respectively, had been drinking before the accident. Nerio was severely injured, suffering permanent brain damage resulting in speech…