WEGAN v. VILLAGE OF LEXINGTON

Nos. 51922, 51619, 51718, 51468 and 52074.

309 N.W.2d 273 (1981)

Dennis O. WEGAN, Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF LEXINGTON, d.b.a. Village of Lexington Liquor Bar, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. VILLAGE OF CIRCLE PINES, third-party defendant, Respondent, and James ROUNSVILLE and Bonnie R. Rounsville, individually, and as husband and wife, et al., Appellants, v. LEONS, INC., d.b.a. Leon's Supper Club, Respondent, Dennis R. Fredrickson, Defendant, and Leslie J. WOLFE, Appellant, v. CHINOOK, INC., Respondent, Timothy Gillaspie, Defendant, and Brian J. ECKER, Appellant, v. ARCADE BAR, INC., et al., Defendants, Mohawk Bar, Inc., et al., Respondents, Bram Corporation, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schermer, Schwappach, Borkin & Ramstad and Barbara L. Heck, Minneapolis, for Wegan.

Cloutier, Musech, Dobis & Johnston, Minneapolis, for Wolfe.

James G. Roban, St. Paul, for Ecker.

Michael C. Lindberg, Bloomington, for Village of Circle Pines.

Foster, Waldeck, Lind & Humphrey and Peter Lind, Minneapolis, for Leons, Inc., and Chinook, Inc.

Arthur, Chapman & Michaelson, Minneapolis, for Mohawk Bar, Inc., et al.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

This matter involves four actions which, for purposes of this appeal, have been consolidated. In three of the cases, Wegan v. Village of Lexington, Rounsville v. Leons, Inc., and Wolfe v. Chinook, Inc., plaintiffs-appellants brought suit pursuant to the Minnesota Dram Shop Act, Minn.Stat. § 340.95 (1980), for recovery of damages they suffered in accidents allegedly caused by the illegal...

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