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SOUTHLAND CORP. v. LEWIS

No. 96-0478.

940 S.W.2d 83 (1997)

The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION and 7-11 Beverage Company, Inc., Petitioners, v. Dori Sue LEWIS, individually and a/n/f of Ashley Nichole Bashwiner and Darla Lynn Bashwiner, minor children, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Daughtry, J. Mark Penley, Dallas, for Petitioners.

B. Buzz Deitchmann, Dallas, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether a commercial provider of alcoholic beverages can be liable for injuries allegedly caused by an intoxicated driver when the provider sold alcohol to a passenger in the vehicle and the driver did not purchase or consume any of the alcohol. We hold the provider cannot be liable under these circumstances.

Dori Sue Lewis was injured in an automobile collision with a truck driven by twenty-one-year-old Reed Bulaich....

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