Walton v. Stokes

How courts have described this case

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• contrasting injuries caused by intoxicated person with injuries resulting from the intoxication of the patron
• plaintiff need only show that the beer or liquor furnished contributed to the intoxication, or that the injuring intoxicated person, when served, was already intoxicated
• proximate cause need not be shown where plaintiff alleges injuries were “caused by an intoxicated person” rather than “resulting from the intoxication of a person”
• proximate cause need not be shown where plaintiff alleges injuries were \caused by an intoxicated person\ rather than \resulting from the intoxication of a person\
• plaintiff need not prove the serving of intoxicating liquor was proximate cause of his injuries; plaintiff was shot by intoxicated patron to whom dramshop defendant served liquor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).