Dealing a blow to third-party plaintiffs who file dram shop suits against alcohol retailers, the Texas Supreme Court has reversed a decision it made two years earlier. The court in F.F.P. Operating Partners v. Duenez affirmed a $35 million judgment against a liquor store in 2004, but reheard the case after three justices from the majority left the bench. Some plaintiffs lawyers say the new decision guts the Texas Dram Shop Act and protects alcohol retailers from liability to innocent third parties.
November 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Texas Supreme Court recently dealt a blow to third-party plaintiffs who file dram shop suits against alcohol retailers by reversing a decision the court made just two years earlier.
On Sept. 3, 2004, the court originally affirmed a $35 million judgment against a liquor store in F.F.P. Operating Partners v. Xavier Duenez et al., but seven months later, after three justices who voted with the majority left the court, the justices voted to rehear the case.
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