Kalenka v. Jadon, Inc.

Jack Morrell was a patron of appellee Jason, Inc.'s Chilkoot Charlie's bar where he had been drinking. He had a confrontation with Eric Kalenka shortly after he left. Morrell brandished a knife and used it to fatally stab Kalenka. Kalenka's estate sued Chilkoot Charlie's alleging the bar had continued to serve Morrell as a "drunken person" in violation of Alaska law, and therefore was liable in part for Kalenka's death. The issue before the Supreme Court in this matter centered on whether the Kalenka estate raised a genuine issue of fact of whether Morrell was a "drunken person" within the meaning of the statute. The Court concluded that the estate presented enough evidence to survive summary judgment. Therefore, the Court reversed the lower court's grant of summary judgment to Chilkoot Charlie's, and remanded the case for further proceedings. View "Kalenka v. Jadon, Inc." on Justia Law