WALTON v. STOKES

No. 61462.

270 N.W.2d 627 (1978)

Chester WALTON, Appellee, v. Esther Mae STOKES d/b/a Pzazz Lounge, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry M. Rinden, Rock Island, Ill., for appellant.

C. A. Frerichs, of Fulton, Frerichs, Nutting & Martin, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, UHLENHOPP, and HARRIS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Must a plaintiff, seeking recovery under the dram shop act, show a causal relationship between the intoxication and the injuries? The trial court held there is no such burden and we agree.

Plaintiff seeks recovery under our dram shop act, § 123.92, The Code, for injuries sustained in an altercation at defendant's lounge in Waterloo. He alleges defendant or her employees sold or gave intoxicating liquor to another patron, Charles Mhoon...

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