HB4161 - Tennessee: Alcoholic Beverages, Tort Liability And Reform

Companion Bill SB2996. Alcoholic Beverages - Extends coverage of the dram shop act where alcoholic beverages or beer were furnished to a person known to be under the age of 21 or to an obviously intoxicated person. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for HB4161 / *SB2996 Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4161 / *SB2996 Present law provides that no judge or jury may pronounce a judgment awarding damages to or on behalf of any party who has suffered personal injury or death against any person who has sold any alcoholic beverage or beer, unless a jury of 12 persons has first ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt that the sale by such person of the alcoholic beverage or beer was the proximate cause of the personal injury or death sustained and that such person: [...]

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