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KLINGERMAN v. SOL CORP. OF MAINE

505 A.2d 474 (1986)

Mabrie I. KLINGERMAN v. SOL CORPORATION OF MAINE, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Paul F. Macri (orally), Jack H. Simmons, Steven D. Silin, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Friedman & Babcock, Martha C. Gaythwaite (orally), Harold Friedman, Portland, for SOL Corp. of Maine.

Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau, Michael D. Messerschmidt (orally), Portland, for Ramada Inns and Glad Associates.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

WATHEN, Justice.

This case requires a determination of the extent of a travernkeeper's liability for the sale of alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person. Three questions of first impression are presented: (1) Whether the personal representative of a decedent who died of alcohol poisoning, allegedly caused by intoxicants furnished by the defendants, may maintain a wrongful death action under the Dram Shop Act, 17 M.R.S.A. § 2002 (1983 & Supp. 1985-1986...

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