HANNAH v. JENSEN

No. 50244.

298 N.W.2d 52 (1980)

Delbert HANNAH, Appellant, v. Robert N. JENSEN, Defendant, Chmielewski, Inc., Respondent, The Red Carpet Bar, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donohue & Rajkowski and Michael H. Donohue, St. Cloud, for appellant.

Dean K. Johnson and Edward R. Soshnik, Bloomington, for Chmielewski, Inc.

Foster, Waldeck, Lind & Humphrey, and Thomas A. Foster, Minneapolis, for The Red Carpet Bar, Inc.

Mansur & Mansur and Edward N. Mansur, Minnesota Police & Peace Officers Assoc., St. Paul, amicus curiae.

Heard before OTIS, PETERSON, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiff, Delbert Hannah, a St. Cloud city police officer, sued defendants Robert N. Jensen, Chmielewski, Inc., and The Red Carpet Bar, Inc., for injuries inflicted upon him by Jensen, who had become intoxicated in bars owned by Chmielewski and The Red Carpet. Plaintiff appeals from the order and judgment of the district court dismissing his claim against the bar owners on the ground that the "fireman's rule" precluded him from recovering from...

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