(a) A defendant, as described in § 3-14-5, who negligently serves liquor to a minor is liable for damages proximately caused
by the minor’s consumption of the liquor.
(b) A defendant, as defined in § 3-14-5, who negligently serves liquor to a visibly intoxicated individual is liable for
damages proximately caused by the individual’s consumption of the liquor.
(c) Service of liquor to a minor or to an intoxicated individual is negligent if the defendant
knows, or if a reasonable and prudent person in similar circumstances would know that
the individual being served is a minor or is visibly intoxicated.
(d) A defendant is not chargeable with knowledge of an individual’s consumption of liquor
or other drugs off the defendant’s premises unless the individual’s appearance and
behavior, or other facts known to the defendant, would put a reasonable and prudent
person on notice of that consumption.
(e) Proof of service of alcoholic beverages to a person under twenty-one (21) years of
age without request for identification forms a rebuttable presumption of negligence.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases, 1987–2012 · leading case:
Selwyn v. Ward, 879 A.2d 882 (R.I. 2005).
Selwyn v. Ward, 879 A.2d 882 (R.I. 2005).
· cites it 2× “2d at 916 ; see also G.L.1956 § 3-14-6(a) (“A defendant * * * who negligently serves liquor to a minor is liable for damages proximately caused by the minor’s consumption of the liquor.”
Willis v. Omar, 954 A.2d 126 (R.I. 2008).
“The statutory language enumerates two distinct defendants: “(1) An alcoholic beverage retail licensee, and any employee or agent of this licensee; or “(2) Any person who, at the time of an act giving rise to liability, as provided in § 3-14-6, was required by law to have had an…”
Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 523 A.2d 864 (R.I. 1987).
“1956 (1976 Reenactment) §§ 3-14-6(2) and 3-14-7(2). One of the act’s three enumerated secondary purposes is ”[t]o allocate the liability for payment of damages fairly among those responsible for the damages * * * .”
Embrey v. Ortiz, 538 A.2d 1002 (R.I. 1988).
· cites it 2× “” Section 3-14-6 (2), (3). The 1986 Liquor Liability Act also sets forth the licensee’s varying duties of care concerning service of liquor to minors.”
Maciszewski v. Flatley, 705 A.2d 171 (R.I. 1998).
· cites it 2× “The plaintiff brought an action against Flatley as owner of the Sheraton, alleging that an employee or employees of Flatley’s establishment negligently served alcohol to Kent while she was visibly intoxicated in violation óf G.L.1956 § 3-14-6 (the Rhode Island Liquor Liability…”
Barrett v. Henrys, 56 V.I. 75 (2012).
“567 (West 2001); R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-14-6 (West 1986); Tenn.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-14-6(2) — 1 case
Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 523 A.2d 864 (R.I. 1987).
“1956 (1976 Reenactment) §§ 3-14-6(2) and 3-14-7(2). One of the act’s three enumerated secondary purposes is ”[t]o allocate the liability for payment of damages fairly among those responsible for the damages * * * .”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-14-6(a) — 1 case
Selwyn v. Ward, 879 A.2d 882 (R.I. 2005).
“2d at 916 ; see also G.L.1956 § 3-14-6(a) (“A defendant * * * who negligently serves liquor to a minor is liable for damages proximately caused by the minor’s consumption of the liquor.”
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