PEOPLES RESTAURANT v. SABO

No. 76811.

591 So.2d 907 (1991)

PEOPLES RESTAURANT, Petitioner, v. Mary SABO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Wheeler and Robert J. Jack of Smalbein, Johnson, Rosier, Bussey, Rooney & Ebbets, P.A., Orlando, for petitioner.

Ava F. Tunstall and William E. Lawton of Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, Orlando, for respondent.

Marguerite H. Davis of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Davis, Marks & Rutledge, P.A., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Defense Lawyers' Ass'n.

Nancy Little Hoffmann, Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition to review Sabo v. Shamrock Communications, Inc., 566 So.2d 267 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that a cause of action exists against a vendor of alcoholic beverages for knowingly serving a person addicted to the use of alcohol, even though the vendor had not been furnished written notice of the person's addiction. The court also held that circumstantial...

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