LEE v. KIKU RESTAURANT


245 N.J. Super. 518 (1991)

586 A.2d 297

PETER LEE, PLAINTIFF, v. KIKU RESTAURANT, ET AL., DEFENDANT/THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. MYUNG CHUNG, THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT. SEUNG GYUN CHOI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 5 (SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS AND UNKNOWN), INDIVIDUALLY AND/OR EMPLOYEE OF KIKU RESTAURANT, INC., MANJO SHIM AND YOUN HA SHIM, DEFENDANTS/THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. MYUNG CHUNG, THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Davis argued the cause for appellant (Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, attorneys, Samuel L. Davis, of counsel, Beverly Milgram Flowers and Robert B. Linder, on the brief).

Thomas W. Izzard argued the cause for respondents (Fierro, Fierro & Izzard, attorneys, Thomas W. Izzard, on the brief).

Before Judges J.H. COLEMAN, DREIER and ASHBEY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, J.A.D.

Plaintiff, Seung Gyun Choi, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in this dram-shop case. Choi was a passenger in a car driven by his manager, Myung Chung. Choi, Chung, and a co-worker, Peter Lee, had gone to the Kiku Restaurant in Fort Lee to celebrate plaintiff's successful completion of his first week at work. According to plaintiff,1 such a celebration, sponsored...

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