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KIRKSEY v. OVERTON PUB, INC.

739 S.W.2d 230 (1987)

Robert KIRKSEY, Sr., and Neva Kirksey, Husband and Wife and Natural Parents and Next of Kin of Robert E. Kirksey, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OVERTON PUB, INC., d/b/a East End Grill, Dennis Flanagan, James Mark Hooper, and Denny W. Hanna, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied October 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Gaerig, Memphis, and Ronald L. Taylor, Southaven, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Garts, Jr., Harris, Shelton, Dunlap and Cobb, and Robert L. Sabbatini, Shuttleworth, Smith and Young, and W. Michael Richards, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, for defendants-appellees, Overton Pub, Inc. d/b/a East End Grill, Dennis Flanagan and James Mark Hooper.

J. Kimbrough Johnson, Thomason, Dendrix, Harvey, Johnson, Mitchell, Blanchard & Adams, Memphis, for defendant-appellee, Denny W. Hanna.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 12, 1987.

BROOKS McLEMORE, Special Judge.

The plaintiffs filed this action for the wrongful death of their 27 year old son who died of acute ethaholism after drinking within one hour "ten exotic drinks of high alcoholic content" purchased at the East End Grill. The drinks were drunk pursuant to a bet with the defendant Hanna, another customer of the East End Grill, on the night of February 17, 1985. The...

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