Bar fall man loses claim.PUBLICANS last night welcomed a court ruling that they are not responsible for the safety of their customers - even if they are drunk. The ruling was made in the Court of Appeal in Belfast yesterday when three judges rejected a pounds 1 million compensation claim by a drunken man who was paralysed after he fell from a bar stool bar stool n → Barhocker m . Lawyers for William Joy (person) William Joy - (Bill Joy) Author of the C shell and vi, he was also one of the people at the University of California at Berkeley responsible for the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix. He also wrote a book on Unix. He was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc. , 39, from Cookstown, Co Tyrone, had argued that licensees had a duty of care to ensure the safety of customers on their premises. Mr Joy fell in the Copper Room bar in 1989. He had downed 13 vodkas This is a list of brands of vodka. Australia
He was not in court yesterday when judges dismissed his appeal against a decision in 1998 that he was not entitled to compensation. The ruling was welcomed by publicans' organisation, the Federation of the Retail Licensed Trade licensed trade n → comercio or negocio autorizado licensed trade n → commercio di bevande alcoliche con licenza speciale . |
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