HB 421 -- Intoxication Torts

Co-Sponsors:  Graham, Farnen, Dempsey, Ostmann, Gambaro,
Portwood, McKenna

Under current law, persons licensed to sell intoxicating
beverages cannot be held liable for injuries to others inflicted
by persons who purchase those intoxicating beverages unless the
person licensed to sell intoxicating beverages is first
convicted of selling them to a person under age 21 or to an
obviously intoxicated person.  The Missouri Supreme Court ruled
that these exceptions were unconstitutional.  This bill deletes
those exceptions.  The bill also clarifies that social hosts who
serve or furnish intoxicating beverages to persons who may
legally consume them cannot be held liable for injuries to
others off the social hosts' premises inflicted by the persons
to whom the intoxicating beverages were served or furnished.

Missouri House of Representatives
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