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Bernhard v. Harrah’s Club
Facts
Bernhard (Plaintiff) brought an action in California for damages for personal injuries against Harrah’s Club (Defendant), a Nevada corporation. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant, which owned and operated gabling and drinking establishments in Nevada, solicited business in California, knowing that many Californians would use the highways in route to and from Harrah’s Club (Defendant). In response to the Defendant’s advertisements, two Californians patronized the establishment, became obviously intoxicated and, on their way home, one of the intoxicated Californians was driving a car that collided with a motorcycle driven by Bernhard (Plaintiff), also a California resident, who suffered severe injuries. Defendant demurred to Plaintiff’s complaint on the ground that Nevada law gave no right to recover against a bar keeper for injuries caused by the selling of alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated person and that Nevada law governed since Plaintiff’s alleged tort had been committed in Nevada. The trial court sustained the demurrer and Bernhard (Plaintiff) appealed.
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