All the headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2014 // The New Hampshire Liquor Commission is ramping up efforts to prevent drunken driving during the holiday season by increasing undercover monitoring of establishments serving alcohol and partnering with the state police to...
Aug 14 2014 // Data from a federal study shows more people died in alcohol-related crashes in coastal Harrison and Jackson counties than most other counties in Mississippi from 2008 to 2012.Harrison County ranked second behind Hinds...
May 7 2014 // New York State senators have voted to require blood-alcohol tests of all drivers following serious accidents.The Senate passed the legislation on Monday. It would mandate that police test the alcohol levels of all drivers...
Apr 7 2014 // January 1 marked the beginning of an expansion of healthcare coverage for drug and alcohol addiction treatment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This expansion is leading to a growth in the rehabilitation facilities...
Mar 28 2014 // One in 10 small businesses had employees show up for work last year while under the influence of at least one controlled substance.Small-business owners reported that alcohol, marijuana and prescription painkillers were...
Mar 10 2014 // The key to long-term survival for many businesses is having a woman in charge. That’s according to Cornell University researchers who say that businesses survive longer under female ownership“We find that...
Mar 10 2014 // California’s high court has ruled that hosts who charge admission to parties may be held legally responsible if a drunken underage guest is hurt or injures someone else.The state Supreme Court said in the unanimous...
Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close.The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...
Feb 26 2014 // California’s high court has ruled that hosts who charge admission to parties may be held legally responsible if a drunken underage guest is hurt or injures someone else.The state Supreme Court said in the unanimous...
Dec 18 2013 // An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling could mean the state Department of Public Safety must refund at least $11 million to drivers in alcohol-related cases.The Court earlier has rejected DPS’ appeal of a lower court...
Dec 18 2013 // A fifth of U.S. motorists who drink say they’ve driven at least once in the past year when they thought their alcohol level might’ve been close to the legal limit or above it, a safety group said.About 19.5...
Oct 29 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court, reversing a previous ruling, says a family injured in a 2006 auto accident cannot sue the Peoria Tribe or its Buffalo Run Casino, where the other driver in the crash had been drinking.The...
Oct 7 2013 // Liquor liability insurance is defined as coverage for bodily injury or property damage caused by an intoxicated person who was served liquor by the policyholder, according to the Insurance Information Institute...
Sep 12 2013 // Critics of the breath test used in New Jersey drunken driving cases took aim Tuesday in front of the state’s Supreme Court, arguing that modifications mandated by the court five years ago haven’t been...
Aug 30 2013 // Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they aren’t going for fun. Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division...
Aug 16 2013 // Researchers say Indiana roads were more deadly last year for motorcyclists and for people driving after drinking.The report by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute’s Center for Criminal Justice Research...
Jun 26 2013 // Kentucky has its bourbon distilleries, St. Louis its Budweiser factory, Napa and Sonoma their wineries, and cities from San Diego to Philadelphia have turned into meccas for beer lovers looking for local craft brews.Now...
Jun 12 2013 // Drivers in St. Clair and Bibb counties who were stopped at roadblocks in the area over last weekend were asked to give anonymous breath, saliva and blood samples as part of a national study, authorities said Monday.Giving...
May 28 2013 // Wisconsin had the nation’s third-highest number of alcohol-related boating deaths last year, the same year a legislative bill to stiffen penalties on drunken boaters went nowhere.Intoxicated boating killed eight...
May 16 2013 // Wyoming lawmakers are looking into legislation that would keep repeat offenders of alcohol-related crimes out of jail and subject them instead to stringent testing. The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee heard details about...