§ 3-14-6 - Liability for negligent service of liquor. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 3-14-6

   § 3-14-6  Liability for negligent serviceof liquor. – (a) A defendant, as described in § 3-14-5, who negligently serves liquorto a minor is liable for damages proximately caused by the minor's consumptionof the liquor.

   (b) A defendant, as defined in § 3-14-5, who negligentlyserves liquor to a visibly intoxicated individual is liable for damagesproximately caused by the individual's consumption of the liquor.

   (c) Service of liquor to a minor or to an intoxicatedindividual is negligent if the defendant knows, or if a reasonable and prudentperson in similar circumstances would know that the individual being served isa minor or is visibly intoxicated.

   (d) A defendant is not chargeable with knowledge of anindividual's consumption of liquor or other drugs off the defendant's premisesunless the individual's appearance and behavior, or other facts known to thedefendant, would put a reasonable and prudent person on notice of thatconsumption.

   (e) Proof of service of alcoholic beverages to a person undertwenty-one (21) years of age without request for identification forms arebuttable presumption of negligence.