K.R. v. SANFORD

No. C2-98-1377.

605 N.W.2d 387 (2000)

K.R., Respondent, v. Brandon SANFORD, et al., Defendants, The Committee, Inc., d/b/a First Avenue & 7th St. Entry, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Paul A. Banker, Bassford, Lockhart, Truesdell, & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Messerli & Kramer, P.A., James C. Wicka, Susan M. Coler, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.

In this appeal from summary judgment, we review the legal issue of whether a plaintiff, allegedly complicit in the illegal sale of alcohol, is barred from suit under the Civil Damages Act (CDA or Damages Act),1 or whether such complicity is fault to be compared under the Comparative Fault Act (CFA).2 We hold that the complicity of a plaintiff in the illegal sale...

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