Fisch v. Bellshot

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “[c]ourts uphold even erroneous jury instructions when those instructions are incapable of producing an unjust result or prejudicing substantial rights”
• explaining that Dram Shop Act was intended to limit taverns' liability in order \to address the drastic cost increases and widespread unavailability of liability insurance for licensed alcoholic-beverage servers\
• stating failure to give jury charge on mode-of-operation was \clearly capable of affecting the verdict on liability\
• “[Pjublic policy is best served by limiting a licensee’s dram shop liability through the application of comparative negligence rather than by eliminating such liability altogether.”
• \[P]ublic policy is best served by limiting a licensee's dram shop liability through the application of comparative negligence rather than by eliminating such liability altogether.\

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