LAWS 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dinner Theater, Chief Constable, Blood Alcohol Content
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Chapter 4: jordan house ltd. v. menow [1974] scc p. 73. Menow was a regular at this particular watering hole and was known for getting overly intoxicated and becoming a nuisance. The hotel staff served him, against the orders of a superior not to allow him to get drunk at their establishment, and he became overly intoxicated again. Menow was ejected from the premises with no ride or taxi called. Menow caught a ride with a passer-by and after he was let out part of the way home, was hit by another driver. The other driver, honsberger does not challenge his own liability in the situation and accedes to the finding of negligence on his part, in the amount of . Whether the operator of a hotel may be charged with a duty of care to a patron of the hotel beverage room who becomes intoxicated there.
