{"id":680,"date":"2018-10-16T03:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/?p=680"},"modified":"2022-05-30T04:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T04:38:43","slug":"civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"680\" class=\"elementor elementor-680\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23988163 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23988163\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2589913b\" data-id=\"2589913b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee5c878 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ee5c878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>State Victim Service Sponsor Yarborough Applegate Law Firm shares information about \u201cdram shop\u201d cases in a guest blog this month.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A common misunderstanding following a drunk driving collision is that the only compensation available for victims comes from pursuing a claim against the drunk driver. However, in South Carolina, civil \u201cDram Shop\u201d laws provide for victim recovery against entities that serve alcohol. \u201cDram Shop\u201d is another term for a bar, or establishment that serves alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Firms like Charleston\u2019s Yarborough Applegate handle civil \u201cDram Shop\u201d cases on behalf of victims by bringing claims against bars and restaurants that fail to safely serve alcohol, thus turning a patron into a drunk driver. These establishments are actually in a very unique position to prevent drunk driving, as they decide who drinks and how much. Unfortunately, bars and restaurants often fall short and play a lead role in putting drunk drivers on our roads and endangering the public.<\/p>\n<p>Laws differ from state to state, but in South Carolina, it is against the law for a commercial seller of alcohol to serve a patron who the server knew, or should have known, was already intoxicated. It is also illegal to sell to underage patrons.<\/p>\n<p>Under South Carolina \u201cDram Shop\u201d laws, bars and restaurants can provide a valuable source of recovery for victims when those establishments break the rules and service alcohol to a patron that they knew or should have known was already intoxicated, who later gets behind the wheel and injures the innocent. Now, many establishments are required by law to have a minimum of $1,000,000 of liability insurance for this situation, which can be used to compensate victims of drunk driving.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe you can pursue a civil \u201cDram Shop\u201d case or have any questions about this type of victim assistance, please contact the <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarboroughapplegate.com\/\">Yarborough Applegate Law Firm<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Victim Service Sponsor Yarborough Applegate Law Firm shares information about \u201cdram shop\u201d cases in a guest blog this month. A common misunderstanding following a drunk driving collision is that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"State Victim Service Sponsor Yarborough Applegate Law Firm shares information about \u201cdram shop\u201d cases in a guest blog this month. A common misunderstanding following a drunk driving collision is that&hellip; Continue reading Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Affiliate South Carolina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"148\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"connecticut\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"connecticut\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"connecticut\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a\"},\"headline\":\"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/\",\"name\":\"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":148},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/\",\"name\":\"Affiliate South Carolina\",\"description\":\"Affiliate South Carolina MADD site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Affiliate South Carolina\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/1-220810-MADD-Website-Redesign-Affiliate-South-Carolina-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/67\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/1-220810-MADD-Website-Redesign-Affiliate-South-Carolina-v1.png\",\"width\":533,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Affiliate South Carolina\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a\",\"name\":\"connecticut\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"connecticut\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/madd.org\\\/south-carolina\\\/author\\\/connecticut\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina","og_description":"State Victim Service Sponsor Yarborough Applegate Law Firm shares information about \u201cdram shop\u201d cases in a guest blog this month. A common misunderstanding following a drunk driving collision is that&hellip; Continue reading Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases","og_url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/","og_site_name":"Affiliate South Carolina","article_published_time":"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":148,"url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"connecticut","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"connecticut","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/"},"author":{"name":"connecticut","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a"},"headline":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases","datePublished":"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/"},"wordCount":313,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/","name":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases - Affiliate South Carolina","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png","datePublished":"2018-10-16T03:07:18+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-30T04:38:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2018\/10\/YAL-logo-350-300x148-1.png","width":300,"height":148},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/civil-attorney-team-explains-dram-shop-cases\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Civil Attorney Team Explains \u201cDram Shop\u201d Cases"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#website","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/","name":"Affiliate South Carolina","description":"Affiliate South Carolina MADD site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#organization","name":"Affiliate South Carolina","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/08\/1-220810-MADD-Website-Redesign-Affiliate-South-Carolina-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/08\/1-220810-MADD-Website-Redesign-Affiliate-South-Carolina-v1.png","width":533,"height":300,"caption":"Affiliate South Carolina"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a","name":"connecticut","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"connecticut"},"url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/author\/connecticut\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}