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Man Drinks Himself To Death And Casino Being Sued For $75 Million

Mben

No Deposit Forum Administrator
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When I read the title of this news item, I thought Here we go again. The fork made me fat, not me. The gun killed the person, not me. The car ran them over, not me. No one wants to take responsibility of their own actions anymore. They want to blame it on the action they took with the tool they used and then blame the tool . So this family is suing the casino because their family member drank himself to death. Not that it was the guys fault he chose to drink himself to death but rather the casinos fault for providing the alcohol. After reading the story and if this is actually what happened, I might be siding with the family on this one because they did request that he stopped being served repeatedly . You can read the short story <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/27/us-casino-drinking-death/" >here</a>. What are your thoughts?
 

robsmom

WELL KNOWN MEMBER
Tough call. I don't know if the casino did anything illegal. They certainly were stupid and unfeeling. There is a comment there that the family should have taken him out of the casino, which is also true. I wonder why they didn't?
 

crazyashell

CRAZY ROLLER
this man was on medications for psychosis, traumatic brain injury and other injuries from an accident.can anyone tell me why HE would be drinking this is NOT the casino fault this was his own negligent and his family is looking to blame someone and make alot of money I hope they get nothing
 

daremeto

WELL KNOWN MEMBER
i agree with crazyshell, it is not the casino's fault. for one thing how is the casino to know of this man's injuries, and i know from working in a casino it is the person's responsibility to stop drinking, anyone could say please don't serve him alcohol because he is on meds even if the person is not on meds and the one asking to stop serving is because they don't drink or condone the consumption of alcohol. it is the person drinking that should say no more, now if he was sitting at the bar then the bartender has the option to cut off a patron if they think the patron has had to much to drink.
 

omeg

NEW MEMBER
I agree with robsmom. This is a tuff call. All the family had to do was take him out of the casino. They didnt.Asking the casino to stop serving him could of been a successful intervention as well. Why did the casino keep right on letting him drink?It will be interesting to see how this pans out.We are all responsible for our own actions.                                                                                                 Pam
 

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