United States v. Rankin

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that under the Dram Shop Act, \a licensed alcoholic beverage server is 'negligent \only when the server served a visibly intoxicated person\ or serves a minor'\
• applying statute requiring plaintiffs to show their injuries were \ 'proximately caused by' and 'a foreseeable consequence of the negligent service of alcoholic beverages'\
• noting \[t]he basic function of a complaint is to 'fairly apprise an adverse party of the claims and issues to be raised at trial'\ (quoting Dewey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 121 N.J. 69, 75 (1990))
• first citing R. 4:46-2(c); and then citing Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 142 N.J. 520, 540 (1995)
• first citing R. 4:46-2(c); and then citing Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 142 N.J. 520, 540 (1995)
• first citing R. 4:46-2(c); and then citing Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 142 N.J. 520, 540 (1995)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).