Selling Alcohol To A Minor Injured In An Auto Collision
$350,00.00 (.35 million) (2002) Knowingly selling alcohol to a minor
injured in an auto collision. A Winter Park bar served alcohol and
provided live entertainment. The bar admitted both customers of legal
drinking age and customers who were not. But, to distinguish those of
legal drinking age from those that were not, the bar checked the
identification of every person admitted at the door, and placed a wrist
band on those that were not of lawful drinking age.
The victim was a customer of the bar who was not of lawful drinking
age who neither received nor wore a wristband. Nevertheless, despite
the fact that he was not wearing a wristband, the bar illegally served
the victim alcohol to the point that he was legally drunk. On the way
home, the victim was overcome by the effects of alcohol and lost
control of his car. The insurance company of the bar blamed the victim
and denied responsibility for the accident.
