AT&T v. Barnes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to recognize common-law liability for negligently supplying liquor to intoxicated tavern patron because, absent a special relationship between the tavern and injured party, tavern owed no duty of care to the injured party
• [Maryland] adhere[s] to the principle that “[h]uman beings, drunk or sober, are responsible for their own torts”
• “It is a matter of common knowledge that the excessive use of liquor or drugs impairs the perceptual, judgmental and volitional faculties of the user.”
• declining to recognize dram shop liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).