WILLIAMSON v. OLD BROGUE, INC.

Record No. 850806.

350 S.E.2d 621 (1986)

Howard S. WILLIAMSON v. The OLD BROGUE, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry D. Murphy, Vienna, for appellant.

Benjamin J. Trichilo (Julia B. Judkins, Lewis, Tydings, Bryan & Trichilo, P.C., Fairfax, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this tort action, we consider whether a retail seller of alcoholic beverages may be liable in damages for providing alcoholic drinks to a customer who, while intoxicated, injures a third person in a motor vehicle accident.

In 1984, appellant Howard S. Williamson brought this action against Ethel C. Loredo and appellee The Old Brogue, Inc., seeking compensatory and punitive damages as the result of a motor vehicle collision in Fairfax County...

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