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Sorensen v. Jarvis
Citation:
350 N.W.2d 108 (1984)Facts
On October 27, 1981, Ronald W. Jarvis, a 17-year-old minor, invited Scott A. Ferraro to go for a ride. Jarvis purchased a bottle of liquor from Tonar at the Franksville Bank of Liquors and approximately twenty minutes later returned to purchase a second bottle. Later that evening, Jarvis failed to stop at a stop sign, proceeded through an intersection, and collided with a vehicle driven by James L. Sorensen. The accident killed James and Sarah Sorensen and injured their two children, Zachary and Sarah, as well as Ferraro, who was Jarvis’s passenger. The plaintiffs alleged that Tonar negligently sold liquor to the minor Jarvis, and that this negligence, combined with Jarvis’s negligent driving, caused the deaths and injuries.
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