Most Popular Liquor Liability Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page over the last year.

#1 SC House Approves Liquor Liability Bill But Broader Tort Reform May Be Dead

Mar 7 2025 // The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for bars and restaurants and would incentivize additional alcohol-server training, an effort to...

#2 Man Charged With Providing Alcohol to Fan Who Fell from Ballpark Wall

May 23 2025 // A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30. Ethan Kirkwood, 21, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was arrested Tuesday on...

#3 South Carolina Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Liquor Liability Relief Bill

May 7 2025 // With just two days left in South Carolina’s 2025 legislative session, House and Senate negotiators appear to have reached a compromise on a plan to ease liquor liability costs for struggling bars and...

#4 SC Bill Moves to House, Would Lower Liquor Liability Coverage, End Joint-and-Several

Apr 1 2025 // The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of Representatives after the state Senate last week approved the measure following weeks of heated...

#5 Everclear High-Proof Alcohol Poses Extreme Risk, Alleges Burn Victim’s Lawsuit

Jul 18 2025 // In May 2025, Massachusetts college student Yvette Yuri Lanuza Digan was at a fraternity gathering when another person poured Everclear grain alcohol onto an open fire in the backyard of the house. An enormous fireball...

#6 Police Say Driver Had 2X Legal Blood Alcohol Level in Deadly Yellowstone Crash

Jun 2 2025 // The driver of a pickup that crashed into a tour van near Yellowstone National Park this month, killing seven people, had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit for driving, police said. The driver,...