Dram Shop Act

Merit Decision: Auto Accident Victim Cannot Recover from Strip Club for Injuries Caused by Intoxicated Dancer. Johnson v. Montgomery.

By Marianna Bettman on September 11, 2017

“Nothing in our precedents dictates that the word “person” be limited to patrons.”

Justice DeWine, majority opinion

“I am unable to join a majority decision that absolves from liability a liquor-permit holder who encourages the dancers in its club to drink alcohol in order to reap enormous profits from the drinks purchased for the dancers,…

What’s On Their Minds: Does Ohio’s Dram Shop Act Preclude All Traditional Common-Law Negligence Claims Against a Liquor Permit-Holder? Nichole Johnson v. Mary E. Montgomery et al.

By Marianna Bettman on April 24, 2017

Update: On September 6, 2017 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

“I’m a former bartender from Athens. So let me just suggest to you that if the alcohol comes off the shelf and goes into the glass, and goes into the mouth of…

Oral Argument Preview: Does Ohio’s Dram Shop Act Preclude All Traditional Common-Law Negligence Claims Against a Liquor Permit-Holder? Nichole Johnson v. Mary E. Montgomery et al.

By Marianna Bettman on March 23, 2017

Update: On September 6, 2017 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument in this case here.

On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Nichole Johnson v. Mary E. …