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Arizona March 2013 Hearing set for Doug's
A downtown bar that received a 10-day suspension from the state last fall has another hearing set for next week before the Vermont Department of Liquor Control.
Massachusetts November 2012 State Commission Takes Aim at Drunk Driving
State Treasurer Steven Grossman and the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC), in conjunction with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's (NHTSA) national Impaired Driving Crackdown, will focus enforcement efforts at bars throughout the commonwealth during the 2012 holiday season.
National November 2012 Laws to Crack Down on Serving Intoxicated People in Bars Largely Ignored
Laws prohibiting bars and restaurants from serving intoxicated people can be an effective way to reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes and violence, but the provisions in most states are poorly drafted and rarely enforced, according to two experts on alcohol policy.
North Carolina November 2012 Horrific N.C. crash puts spotlight on dram shop laws
The verdict in a DUI crash underlines how bars, and in some cases hosts, can be held liable if they serve alcohol to clearly drunk people who later cause crashes.
Oklahoma November 2012 Afton liquor store clerk charged after crash kills drunken Fairland teenager
A liquor store clerk has been charged with selling alcohol to a minor who later died in a traffic accident.
Pennsylvania April 2013 Towne House, American Legion Cited for Alleged Liquor Code Violations
Two bars in Nazareth have been cited by the Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Enforcement Office.
Texas November 2012 Woodlands bartender first task force arrest for overserving
A bartender at a popular restaurant on The Woodlands Waterway is the first person arrested by a specially created Driving While Intoxicated Task Force for overserving an intoxicated customer.
Texas December 2012 Police put undercover officers in bars, try to catch bartenders who assist drunk driving
In an effort to combat Montgomery County's shocking spike in drunk driving fatalities area police are making an effort to stop the problem at its source, placing undercover agents at popular bars to monitor over-serving.
Texas December 2012 TABC Cracking Down on DWIs this Holiday Season
He said TABC agents, both uniformed and undercover, routinely patrol bars looking first for customers who have had more adult beverages than they can handle, and second for bar employees who continue to serve those who have had too much to drink.
Texas March 2013 TABC wants Lustre Pearl's liquor license revoked
State agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are recommending that the liquor license for Lustre Pearl bar be revoked after a woman left the bar last year and crashed into Lady Bird Lake killing a passenger in her backseat.

 

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