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LARGO CORP. v. CRESPIN

No. 84SC365.

727 P.2d 1098 (1986)

LARGO CORPORATION, d/b/a The New Chapter IV and Little Vegas, Petitioner, v. Karen T. CRESPIN, individually and on behalf of the minor children, Angela R. Crespin, Manuel Crespin III, and James F. Crespin, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tilly & Graves, John W. Grund, K. Michele Anderson, Thomas H. May, Denver, for petitioner.

Sylvian R. Roybal, Denver, for respondents.

ERICKSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Crespin v. Largo Corp., 698 P.2d 826 (Colo.1984). We affirm, and hold that a common law negligence action may be brought against a tavern owner who sells alcohol to an intoxicated patron who thereafter injures a third party. In such an action, the defendant's violation of section 12-47-128(1)(a), 5 C.R.S. (1985), constitutes negligence per se...

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