Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 340A.501 (2026)
Responsibility Of Licensee
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Every licensee is responsible for the conduct in the licensed establishment and any sale of alcoholic beverage by any employee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages in the establishment is the act of the licensee for the purposes of all provisions of this chapter except sections 340A.701, 340A.702, and 340A.703.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2021 · leading case: Urban v. Am. Legion Dep't of Minnesota, 723 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2006).
Urban v. Am. Legion Dep't of Minnesota, 723 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2006). “941 *5 (1984) with Minn.Stat. § 340A.501 (2004). We agree. The CDA reads as follows: A spouse, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person injured in person, property, or means of support, or who incurs other pecuniary loss by an intoxicated person or by the intoxication…”
Burt v. Rackner, Inc., 902 N.W.2d 448 (Minn. 2017). “Our cases recognize the rigorous nature of the necessary-implication standard. For example, in Urban v. American Legion Dept of Minnesota, the issue was whether the Legislature abrogated the common-law doctrine of respondeat superior through passage of the Civil Damages Act,…”
State v. Robinson, 572 N.W.2d 720 (Minn. 1997). “Minnesota Statutes § 340A.501 confers responsibility for liquor sales on the licensee.”
Freeman v. Ally Fin., Inc. (D. Minnesota 2021). “801 does not expressly prohibit the application of respondeat superior common law,” Minn. Stat. § 340A.501 “necessarily implies that the legislature did not expect respondeat superior to apply to CDA liability”); First Class Valet Servs.”
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