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TexasTowelie

(111,334 posts)
Mon May 13, 2019, 07:17 PM May 2019

Kansas Bars Can't Be Sued By Victims Of Their Drunk Patrons, State Supreme Court Says

Kansas is one of just a handful of states that doesn’t allow a person injured by a drunk driver to sue the retailer who furnished the alcohol.

On Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court upheld that 34-year-old rule, saying it was up to the Legislature to change it.

On March 10, 2015, Jeff Kudlacik was driving down 135th Street and Quivira Road in Overland Park around 11 p.m. when a Ford Fusion going 70 miles an hour ran a red light and slammed into his Mitsubishi 3000 sedan, slicing it in half.

The accident left Kudlacik, who had just celebrated his 23rd birthday with his parents, with compound fractures in both of his femurs, a punctured lung, nine broken ribs and other injuries. He was placed in a medically induced coma for 21 days and spent 70 days in Overland Park Regional Medical Center before he was discharged. He subsequently spent months in rehabilitation.

Read more: https://www.kcur.org/post/kansas-bars-can-t-be-sued-victims-their-drunk-patrons-state-supreme-court-says#stream/0

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Kansas Bars Can't Be Sued By Victims Of Their Drunk Patrons, State Supreme Court Says (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
As if sane people needed another reason not to live in Kansas, dem4decades May 2019 #1
I can kinda get that...And refusing to serve someone.. Maxheader May 2019 #2

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
2. I can kinda get that...And refusing to serve someone..
Sun May 19, 2019, 01:33 PM
May 2019

because they seem to be getting drunk? Kinda dicy for a waiter...

Self restraint...Can't legislate that...
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