North Carolina High Court Finds Dram Shop Claim Properly Dismissed

(March 6, 2018, 2:35 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — In a 4-3 decision, a majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court on March 2 reversed a lower appellate court ruling and affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a dram shop claim against a hotel owner after finding that a woman who died from alcohol poisoning was just as negligent as the hotel owner in causing her death (Thomas A.E. Davis v. Hulsing Enterprises, et al., No. 160A16, N.C. Sup., 2018 N.C. LEXIS 64)....

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