I believe in personal responsibility, for both parties (drunko and outback). It is Outbacks responsibility to limit drinks to a person who is getting very intoxicated but why should they be responsible for how they leave? If you're going out to drink YOU need to figure out your way home. Saying that Outback is responsible for a drunk mans ride home is asking a company to be a babysitter for an alcoholic.
Making it a legal requirement that restaurants are responsible for a drunk's actions further denies the addiction that most likely is taking place.
As for the people hit, it must be awful to have expierenced that and with all the doctors visits and pain management there is probably a hefty bill, one that could probably not be afforded by the drinker. But is it really Outback's responsibility to pay for that? So, if I get drunk at home, leave and wreck, can I sue the makers of Hennesey? I mean if Outback is responsible for it, why not the damn company that advertises and sells that shit.
Where did they get the number $39 million anyway?
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