Brown Forman Corp. v. Brune

OPINION

Justice YÁÑEZ, Justice.

This is a products liability and negligence case involving a tequila distiller and a college freshman, an underage drinker, who died from ethanol poisoning after she consumed a large quantity of tequila within a relatively short period of time. At issue is whether the distiller, Brown-Forman, may be liable for damages because it failed to warn of the possibility of death following overconsumption of alcohol within a short amount of time and failed to provide instructions about the safe use of its tequila. The question of whether a distiller had either duty has…