WARR v. JMGM GROUP

No. 57, September Term, 2012.

70 A.3d 347 (2013)

433 Md. 170

William J. WARR, Jr., et al. v. JMGM GROUP, LLC, d/b/a/ Dogfish Head Alehouse.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vail (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington DC; Andrew E. Bederman and Jason W. Fernandez of Greenberg & Bederman, LLP, Silver Spring, MD), on brief, for appellants.

Robert B. Hetherington ( Amy Leete Leone of McCarthy Wilson, LLP, Rockville, MD), on brief, for appellee.

Michael J. Winkelman, Esq. , McCarthy, Winkelman & Marrow, Bowie, MD, Matthew W. Tievsky, Esq. , Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, Siegel, P.C., Washington, DC, James M. Nichols, Esq. , Warnken, LLC, Towson, MD, for amicus curiae brief of the Maryland Association for Justice on Behalf of the Petitioner.

Steven J. Kelly, Esq. , Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC, Baltimore, MD, for amicus curiae brief of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

J. Steven Wise, Esq. , Joseph A. Schwartz, III, Esq. , Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A., Annapolis, MD, for amici curiae brief of The Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association, Inc. and The Restaurant Association of Maryland, Inc., in Support of Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and McDONALD, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

This case presents us with the opportunity to consider once again whether or not this Court should recognize dram shop liability.1

William J. Warr, Jr. and Angela T. Warr filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against JMGM Group,2 LLC, which owns the Dogfish Head Alehouse (Dogfish Head), to recover for injuries they and their daughter Cortavia M. Harris sustained and for...

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