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  • Bars face new test for suits involving drunken drivers

    12/12/2004 7:33:21 AM PST · by XXXXX88XXXXX · 98 replies · 1,486+ views
    The Jackson [MI] Citizen Patriot ^ | Sunday, December 12, 2004 | Steven Hepker
    Appeals court decision means it's no longer just the last bar that is liable in drunken-driving cases, attorney says.Curtis Breton finished his firefighting job at 7:30 a.m. on April 20, 2001, and went on an all-day bender, drinking up to a case of beer. At 10:11 p.m., while speeding 100 mph, he killed himself and two teenage boys in a fiery, head-on crash on U.S. 127. Blood tests indicated Breton was drunk. The big question remains: Did he appear drunk to those who served him? In what plaintiffs' attorneys called a landmark decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals recently overturned...