European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine people Are fed up with Drunken driving liquor liability seems to be spreading by Laura Wilkinson associated press the victims of Drunken Drivers and the Drivers themselves Are suing tavern party Bosses who dispense Holiday cheer and even friends who buy them one for the the flood of suits is drying up liquor liability insurance in Many in where insurance is needed to the legislature is underwriting coverage for those who serve liquor by the and Massachusetts is consid ering doing the the liability seems to be and the question of who is the supplier seems to be said Mary a spokeswoman for the insurance information Institute in new which represents 300 insurance companies and provides information to the its changing from just taverns to an employer who serves liquor at the office Christmas party to a Host in a Zavada coverage is tougher to get or to keep because the insurance Industry worried about increasing running As High As the million finding against a restaurant near Cope that served a final drink to a Driver involved in a fatal tales of such suits have sent liability rates skyrocket ing when insurance can be premiums for a bar owner in Franklin have gone from in 1981 to this said Dennis Nicholson of the Pennsylvania tavern the whole ground rules behind How you wrote that policy Are being said Ronald spokesman for the american insurance association in new which represents 175 property casualty insurance firms restaurants that serve liquor and bars Are looked on As darn near uninsurable in Many he Twenty three states have specific dram shop liability Laws for damages or injuries incurred by customers who downed their drinks at certain twelve states have common Law liability established by the courts 15 states have no liability Massachusetts established third party liability in 1968 on a court ruling in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Man struck and killed by a Drunken Driver who been served at a Waltham i feel its said Maurice who owns a reception Hall in Hart had been paying a year for special liquor liability coverage along with a general insurance his insurance was not renewed last partly due to a claim against the who is president of the Massachusetts restau continued on Page 14 june 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13