[biker1]

I was also wondering about any bartender responsibility (legal). In FL, apparently, in a legal sense, there isn't any as long as the person being served is over 21 and the bartender is not aware of an alcohol addiction. Here is one interpretation of the law:

Florida’s liquor liability laws are covered under Florida’s Dram Shop Act, which can be found in Florida Statutes, Section 768.125. Its legislature created liability for bars and establishments under certain conditions for any injury or death that results from intoxication. What the statute says is that a person who sells or furnishes alcohol to a person of lawful drinking age shall not become liable for any injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication of a person.

So, generally, if you sell or give alcohol to a person who’s over the age of 21 in Florida, you’re not responsible at all for any injury. But a person who willfully or unlawfully sells or furnishes alcohol to a person who is not of lawful drinking age or who knowingly serves a person habitually addicted to the use of alcohol may become liable for injury or damage caused by or resulting from the intoxication of such a minor or person.

So, what the law says is that in general a social host is not responsible for anything that happens as a result of them serving alcohol to people over the age of 21. However, if the social host, or any establishment, serves alcohol to somebody who’s under 21, or to somebody who’s habitually addicted to alcohol, they may be responsible for any injury resulting to that minor or to somebody else as a result of that minor’s or alcoholic’s intoxication.

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Another brain surgeon inTV,last night a 36 yr old visiting his father consumes at least 5 drinks and launches a 51 yr old woman out of a golf cart, he leaves her in a flower bed before he got arrested--honestly, there should be some responsibility with the bar tender where he was drinking,too