quote:Originally posted by Orlando:
There are dram laws in MO, and I don't know that Shannon's is absolved by the offer of a cab because they continuously served him drinks for upwards of 3 hours. Hancock is a Big Boy, he could have turned down the drinks or switched to club soda. The servers and management at Shannon's are also adults; they should have abided by the dram laws and stopped serving an intoxicated patron. The laws are on the books because the same impairment that means a drinker shouldn't be driving will stop the drinker from having the sense to stop ordering drinks. Taking responsibility extends both to the drinker and to the commercial entity who knowingly made a bad situation worse.
There's only so much a bar or restaurant can do.
One version of the story that has been reported is that he lied and said that he didn't need a cab because he was just going to walk a couple of blocks to the bar at the Westin.