Tobin v. Norwood Country Club, Inc.

This case concerns the responsibility of a com*127mercial establishment that supplies alcoholic beverages, the Norwood Country Club (club), for injuries suffered by a minor who became intoxicated while there. The minor died as a result of those injuries and the plaintiffs brought suit both on behalf of her estate, and on their own account for her wrongful death. A jury found for the plaintiffs on both causes of action, but reduced the verdicts in an amount proportionate to the minor’s contributory negligence. The Superior Court judge entered judgment for the defendant notwithstanding the verdict.…