• In the largest liquor liability verdict in the nation, a New Jersey jury in January 2005 found a beer concessionaire liable for an intoxicated football fan who caused a car crash that paralyzed a 2-year-old girl.  After a month-long trial, the jury ordered the beer vendor and the driver to pay $135 million, including $75 million in punitive damages.  The vendor was responsible for half of the compensatory damages and all of the punitive, for a total of $105.5 million.
  • In Pennsylvania, a tavern was ruled negligent for serving a man when he was visibly intoxicated, resulting in the man shooting and killing his estranged wife.  The decedent, age 21, was shot in the head with a shotgun and was killed instantly.
  • In March of 2005, the British Columbia Supreme Court determined a hotel in Richmond, BC, was 50% liable in a civil case relating to a drunk driving accident.  The hotel, which operates a pub, was found to be of the same degree of fault as the driver.
  • A country club that sold beer to an intoxicated golfer in 1999 had to pay $1.1 million, as a result of a jury verdict.  The jury ruled in favor of a boy who was severely injured when the golfer, driving drunk, caused a head-on car wreck.