Latest Liquor Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State liquor store, homeowner blamed in N.H. drunk driving death
Dec 25 2006 // The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash two years ago is suing the state Liquor Commission and the woman who owns the home where his friends were drinking. Randy Holmes, 24, was a passenger in a...
State liquor store, homeowner blamed in N.H. drunk driving death
Dec 24 2006 // The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash two years ago is suing the state Liquor Commission and the woman who owns the home where his friends were drinking. Randy Holmes, 24, was a passenger in a...
N.H. Family Sues Liquor Commission, Homeowner Over Drunk Driving Death
Dec 14 2006 // The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash two years ago is suing the state Liquor Commission and the woman who owns the home where his friends were drinking that night. Randy Holmes, 24, was a...
Liquor distributors not liable for drunken driving crash
Dec 11 2006 // Liquor distributors cannot be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph and...
Liquor distributors not liable for drunken driving crash
Dec 10 2006 // Liquor distributors cannot be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph and...
Liquor Distributors Not Liable for Drunken Driving Crash
Dec 5 2006 // Liquor distributors can’t be held liable for a drunken driving crash during an Indian casino promotion that injured a Las Cruces, N.M., family, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The May 2003 crash injured Joseph...
Sunday liquor sales mean more Sunday crashes, study indicates
Oct 23 2006 // Alcohol-related crashes increased 29 percent and alcohol-related crash fatalities rose 42 percent on Sundays after New Mexico approved Sunday package liquor sales, a new study found. The increase translates to an...
Study: Sunday Liquor Sales Mean More Sunday Crashes
Oct 6 2006 // Alcohol-related crashes increased 29 percent and alcohol-related crash fatalities rose 42 percent on Sundays after New Mexico approved Sunday package liquor sales, a new study found. The increase translates to an...
Arizona State Expands Alcohol Rules for Student Clubs, Requiring Insurance
Oct 4 2006 // Keggers hosted by clubs at Arizona State University may never be the same. Under rule revisions by the Student Organization Resource Center and other school officials, alcohol at parties hosted by ASU clubs must be served...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal titled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
The Mass. liquor JUA serves up misleading market information
Sep 4 2006 // As a managing general agent for liquor liability insurance for over 20 years, I took great interest in a recent article in Insurance Journal entitled, “Raising the bar on liquor liability training.” (See...
Fla. Police Seek Stores, Bars Selling Liquor to Teens
Aug 29 2006 // There’s one in every town — a convenience store where IDs aren’t necessary, or a low-lit bar whose servers never bother to ask. In Jacksonville, Florida officials say, that bar was Rockets, where Stephanie...
Pacific Coast E&S Offers Liquor Liability Program
Aug 28 2006 // Pacific Coast E&S Services, Sherwood, Ore., is offering a new market for liquor liability in Oregon. This is a market for stand-alone liquor liability for restaurants, bars, taverns — live entertainment OK...
Mich. Lawmakers Consider New Alcohol Limit Law for Boaters
Jun 26 2006 // The Michigan Legislature wants to toughen the law regarding alochol limits for boaters. Alcohol typically plays a role in about a third of reported boating deaths each year, according to the Michigan Association of...
Mass. Liquor JUA Rewards Training Security Staff, Not Just Servers
May 25 2006 // The Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts (LLJUA) and a security training company are teaming up to transform security staff into trained professionals in what is believed to be the first program...
Argonaut Group’s Great Central Introduces Mich. Liquor Liability Insurance Program
May 15 2006 // Great Central Insurance, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group, Inc., announced today the addition of a liquor liability insurance program for the state of Michigan to its portfolio of specialized...
N.D. Blues President Allowed to Keep Job, Undergoing Alcohol Treatment
May 11 2006 // The president of North Dakota’s largest health insurance provider will be allowed to keep his job under certain conditions, after pleading guilty to drunken driving, the insurer’s board chairman says. Michael...
STUDY QUESTIONS VALUE OF LIQUOR-SERVER TRAINING
May 8 2006 // Programs for modifying environments where alcohol is served, including bars and liquor stores, do not help reduce alcohol-related injuries, according to a new review of controlled studies. “There is no reliable...
Reviewer Doubts Server Training Helps Curb Alcohol-Related Injuries
Apr 21 2006 // Programs for modifying environments where alcohol is served — including bars and liquor stores — do not help reduce alcohol-related injuries, according to a new review of controlled studies. “There is no reliable...
Conn. Doctors Hit Policy Exclusions for Alcohol-Related Injuries
Apr 18 2006 // Eight years ago, then-18-year-old Oliver Bishop IV made a costly mistake. The Guilford, Conn. teen bought a case of beer and a half-pint of liquor and visited numerous parties. Though he had a designated driver that night,...
