Dram Shop Attorneys
In 18th Century England, thousands of so-called "gin-shops"
sold homemade gin by the dram (about a spoonful). When the King of England
decided to tax the sale of gin, these "dram shops"
quickly went underground in an effort to avoid paying taxes. Today's legal
system considers any establishment selling liquor illegally as a modern
day equivalent of these "dram shops" of the 1700's.
Dram shop liability
laws are a potentially powerful tool for changing the
environment in which alcohol is sold. These laws hold that alcohol servers
responsible for harm that intoxicated or underage patrons cause to other
people (or, in some cases, to themselves). These laws are established
at the state level through common law, legislation, or both. States' dram
shop laws form a continuum, with alcohol sellers in different states exposed
to varying degrees of liability.
Dram shop laws can be particularly important in preventing alcohol problems
because regulatory agencies mainly state Alcohol Beverage Control departments
are so ineffective. The few studies that have been done to date on dram
shop liability laws' impact on the alcohol serving environment and on
alcohol-related injury indicate that these laws can be effective. More
research in this area is needed.
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