Boston Restaurant Overserved Alcohol to a Patron

$500,000

A young man who had just turned 21 went to a restaurant and ordered many servings of alcohol with his meal. He left and within minutes after leaving lost control of his car at a high rate of speed and slammed into a telephone pole, killing himself upon impact. The parents in Boston retained Attorney Goodman to sue the bar under the dram shop laws of Massachusetts for overservice of alcohol to a patron who they knew or should have known was too intoxicated to safely operate his motor vehicle. After lengthy discovery, the case was settled for the policy limits at the start of trial.