Posted On: March 25, 2008, 6:54 am CDT

Posted By: JGD

I agree, this just goes too far. I guess if they turned them away at the door for being too drunk to enter, the family could sue because the doorman "forced them" to drive to another bar? Plus, if you look at a whole picture, it gets worse. The now-deceased passenger couldn't drive because his own license was suspended for drinking & driving, so obviously he had no judgement when it came to this matter. They drank enough beer & rum in the car prior to entering the bar that, even after several hours of not drinking, the driver's bac was twice the legal limit, which means they really had to be falling down drunk when they came in. Ad the driver apparently has no problem to admitting to drinking beer and rum in the car--isn't that much worse than passengers drinking in a bar? What exactly was the bar supposed to do w/these guys--get them a hotel room? If a bar is supposed to protect passengers from getting into a car with drunk drivers, what's next--do they need to protect drunken customers from having sex with strangers, and pay child support if they don't & someone ends up pregnant?