Word: dramshop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Delving into deep pockets traces back to common-law principles. But such third-party suits have recently proliferated in the U.S., partly because some new laws have encouraged them. For example, so-called dramshop statutes, which have become widespread in the past two decades, hold bar owners responsible in many cases for the actions of an intoxicated patron after he has left the premises. At the same time, liberalizing court decisions have made more and more institutions open to lawsuits for the conduct of others. Among the favorite targets: apartment-and office-building landlords, hotels, hospitals, schools, manufacturers and municipal...
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