(DOWNLOAD) "Urban v. American Legion Dept of Minnesota" by Supreme Court of Montana * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Urban v. American Legion Dept of Minnesota
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 19, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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The tragedy that gives rise to this litigation occurred on August 10, 2000, when a drunk driver struck the Urban family car, leaving wife and mother Barbara Urban dead and children Marcus and Brett Urban with serious and lifelong injuries. The Urbans sued American Legion Post 184 under the Civil Damages Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 340A.801-.802 (2004) ("CDA"), alleging that Post 184 illegally served the drunk driver alcohol on the night he struck the Urbans. Later, the Urbans additionally sued the American Legion Department of Minnesota (the Department) and the American Legion National (National) under several theories, including alter ego, joint venture, and respondeat superior. The district court granted summary judgment for the Department and National on all grounds, and the court of appeals affirmed. We granted the Urbans petition for review on only the question of whether the Department and National can be held liable under the CDA via respondeat superior. We now affirm the court of appeals, but on other grounds.