Wyoming County Requiring Event with Alcohol To Have $1M in Insurance

Anyone serving or selling alcohol on property owned by Carbon County, Wyo., had better have $1 million in liability coverage.

County commissioners say the purpose of requiring liability insurance is to shield the county government from any lawsuits that could result from alcohol-related accidents.

The new rule mainly affects the Carbon County fairgrounds. Members of the county Fair Board say they’ll need to pay $4,000 to carry liability insurance over the week of the county fair.

The rules also will apply to weddings, reunions, dances and other events where alcohol is served on county property in Carbon County.

Latest Comments

• June 27, 2008 at 5:55 am

  SP says:

  How is this a big deal? I have quite a few clients that own property they rent out for parties, weddings, etc. They all require from every renter $1mm liability policy. If alc... read more
• June 26, 2008 at 3:33 am

  Ricardo says:

  One needs GL and Liquor Liability at limits of one million (not just GL) A source is the Nuccio Agency in California with insurance on Nationwide pup company paper. One policy... read more
• June 26, 2008 at 1:11 am

  Alex says:

  Here's a novel thought; don't serve alcohol at a county fair. It's totally uncessary at a family-oriented function anyway. Problem solved.