Gressman v. McClain

Appellant’s propositions of law present three questions for our consideration. The first is whether a permit holder whose employee sells alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated *361patron in violation of R.C. 4301.22(B) owes a duty to third persons for injuries caused by the intoxicated patron. The second question is whether R.C. 4301.22(B) requires that the permit holder have actual knowledge of a patron’s intoxication at the time of the sale. Finally, we are asked whether a common-law duly of care to third parties requires the permit holder to have actual knowledge of the patron’s intoxication at…