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SUTTER v. HUTCHINGS

41527, 41528.

254 Ga. 194 (1985)

327 S.E.2d 716

SUTTER et al. v. HUTCHINGS et al. TURNER et al. v. HUTCHINGS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Edward D. Buckley III, Burt DeRieux, Steven J. Misner, for appellants (case no. 41527).

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, E. A. Simpson, Jr., William G. Leonard, for appellants (case no. 41528).

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Stephen L. Cotter, Jonathan M. Engram, for appellees.

Parks, Jackson & Howell, Bernard Parks, Goodman & Bush, James E. Goodman, F. Clay Bush, amici curiae.

HILL, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to decide the following question: Would a jury be authorized to find that a person who furnished alcohol to a noticeably intoxicated person under the legal drinking age, knowing that such person would soon be driving his or her car, is liable in tort to a third person injured by the negligence of the intoxicated driver? The Court of Appeals held that the injured person's widow and estate have no cause of action against one...

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