Jax Liquors, Inc. v. Hall

SMITH, Judge.

Each appellant raises the pivotal question of whether it or they can be held liable for the parking lot shooting of an unruly bar patron of appellant Jax by an armed and uniformed guard, the employee of a security service operated by appellants Clark and Moore.

The firing of the pistol, viewed as an isolated event, was entirely unnecessary to any legitimate purpose of appellants and of the guard’s employment. However, both Jax and the security service operated by Clark and Moore were served by the guard’s armed presence in the bar. The confrontation began when the guard…