Except in the knowing sale of alcohol to a minor or to a clearly intoxicated person, the General Assembly hereby finds and declares that the consumption of any alcoholic beverage, rather than the furnishing of any alcoholic beverage, is the proximate cause of injuries or property damage inflicted upon persons or property by a legally intoxicated person.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-126-105
Consumption instead of sale as proximate cause of injury generally
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sluder v. Steak & Ale of Little Rock, Inc. (2005)
Most recently applied in Sluder v. Steak & Ale of Little Rock, Inc. (March 2005)
Acts 1999, No. 1596, § 5.
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