Question

If a restaurant serves you too much alcohol, way past your limit.. can they be held responsible?

also, say they serve you way too much, and don't cut you off.. to a point where you didn't realize what you were doing, etc.. you knock over a restaurant booth.. and it puts a small hole in the back.. which shouldn't be hard to fix, since we all know that it's plywood or pasteboard backing.. can you be held responsible to pay for the booth? even if the owner/manager decides to "rip-off" the person?
also, do you have a right to obtain the "security video" they supposedly have on you?

rough night?

You are responsible for your own actions.

well I didn't get a hangover haha.. but yeah that night was rough.

Actually, I got hammered at a local place. Somehow, I have no idea how, but I was walking to a bathroom and pulled over one of those single seat booths at Mosby's. It fell and knocked a hole in it. I didn't really realize what I had done until some friends called. I called Phillip and asked him, and he said he had me on camera, and said I was coming around the corner, and I kinda pulled on it, and it flipped over. He said I'd have to pay for the damages, and I said that'd be fine, and I apologized.
I was just curious, because the back of those things are like plywood or pasteboard, and I wasn't going to let him rip me off. Ya know a normal $65-$100 job, turns into a couple hundred dollars.
Guess we'll find out Monday or something.

You are responsible for your own actions of course, but I'd like to see some takes on this if some fatal would have happened. I mean yes I know they are a business trying to make as much money as possible, but they have to have some sort of cut off limit when someone is already drunk. It's just poor judgment on their behalf to keep on serving. Though in this situation I'd assume theres nothing you can do but try to give them an alternative. Tell them you've found something online similar thats much less money. Ask them to provide proof of the billing price of the item. Don't let them rip you off!

I wont let them rip me off, Phillip is a really nice guy, and was really cool about it. I mean he's going to let me pay without filing a police report or anything.

But I did post this to get some discussion on what if something fatal happened. I think I read somewhere a while back, that if a bartender know's your drunk, and keeps on serving you, and you go out, get in your vehicle, kill someone and yourself. The establishment is reponsible.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Victory or Death</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The establishment is reponsible. </div></div>

Which is utter bullcrap.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NotSoSilentBob</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Victory or Death</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The establishment is reponsible. </div></div>

Which is utter bullcrap. </div></div>

I was thinking the same thing. No way a restaraunt is responsible for you going out and killing someone. I know several people who until they get up and walk away from a bar, you have no clue they are even drunk. Different people have different alcohol tolerance and as busy as most bartenders are, they should not be responsible for each and every person walking in or out of the bar.

If the people up front notice you can't walk or fall into people or boothes, then they should stop you and ask if you have a ride or if you need a cab. But, I don't see how an establishment could be responsible for sometimes hundreds of people who come in and out of the bar. What if they only had 1 beer at the bar but maybe had 15 somewhere else, are they going to cut you off after 1, no way. To many different situations or circumstances could evolve from the time you enter that building. Each person needs to be responsible for themselves and their actions, sober or not.

I have known Applebee's to cut people off. If they think you have drank to much and haven't eaten, they will ask you to order some food or leave.

Yeah, I've seen Applebee's do that to people as well.

To the other 2 posts above Blues..

after continuous shots of liquor and beers, a bartender can, and should cut you off.
I've read some cases, where in fact, it has come back against the establishment for serving someone too much.
yes, everyone should be in charge of their own actions and such, but when you aren't in the right state of mind, and someone doesn't help out the situation just to make a few more bucks, then it is their responsibility to stop you.

I can see both sides of it I guess, but ultimately it has to be up to the individual to know his or her tolerance. Some people can drink 20 beers and it doesn't phase them, some can only drink 3. Is the bartender supposed to ask you when you order what your tolerance is so he can babysit you. I don't think so.

I guess that is why I never drink alone, I always bring someone with me. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

Also, I don't think I could feel good about myself blaming an establishment because I couldn't control myself on a wild and crazy night. That's just me, some people may feel different about the situation. That is not a shot at you V or D or anyone in general, just my opinion if I was put in that situation.

If your old enough to drink, your old enough to know when to quit. I don't see how it's the bar responsibility to decide when you are ok. If I go by 2 cases of Bud and down it all in one night and then go get in my car, wreck, and kill someone is FastMart responsible for selling me two cases at once? Or is Budweiser?

Exactly, you are old enough to know when to quit. But you sit down at a bar, and the bartender knows you've had lets say 5 shots of a hard dark liquor, and then a couple beers, and a few more "for the road" shots.. and doesn't say "can I get you a cab?", or "I don't think you should be driving", and lets you walk out that door, knowing you are that bad.. then yes, they are at fault, and can be prosecuted.

So if the person is underage, and they are buying alcohol at a bar, and the bartender is aware of their age.. they leave and are drunk, and wreck, and kill someone.. who's fault is it? I mean they are old enough to know what they are doing is wrong and not legal, but yet they do it anyway.. the bartender knows the same.

This is why these establishments that sell alcohol have to purchase liquor liability insurance. To some degree they are responsible for what happens to those that purchase it - or those they might harm.

It's just the litigious society we live in - I dont necessarily agree with it - but unfortunately it's just how it is.

thats why I thought they would have insurance for their products in the store, incase an "accident" happens.. insurance should cover a piece of plywood/pasteboard on a booth.
I have no problem paying for it... but I'm just not wanting to get ripped off. Accidents happen, and all.. drunk or not, you shouldn't rip someone off, especially someone that spends a fortune in that establishment.

The insurance for their physical location would be different from liquor liability - and typically the deductibles for most are $1000 or higher. So turning it in on their insurance would only have a negative effect on their loss runs.